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safekeeping
[ seyf-kee-ping ]
noun
- the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
safekeeping
/ ˈseɪfˈkiːpɪŋ /
noun
- the act of keeping or state of being kept in safety
Word History and Origins
Origin of safekeeping1
Example Sentences
Kim Kardashian now sheds her jewelry when she arrives home and sends it to a separate location for safekeeping so she can sleep comfortably at night, she testified.
The police department keeps more than 3,000 items of evidence, found property and property being held for safekeeping, according to the department’s website.
As gluten-free options were few, far between and commonly disappointing back then, I'd often make my own recipes and post them there for safekeeping.
Among the objects housed at the property for safekeeping during the war were the 37 wooden panels from Van Dyck's unfinished iconography project.
Local people who tracked down his family using an inscription left on the wooden seat have now returned it to them after holding on to the bench for safekeeping.
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