safekeeping
the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
Origin of safekeeping
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How to use safekeeping in a sentence
John will not be around much longer and so he must entrust the child to their safe-keeping.
Once Gollum drags off his catch, Bilbo hurries to retrieve the ring, putting it in his pocket for safe keeping.
‘The Hobbit’: 19 Changes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel to Peter Jackson’s Movie | Anna Klassen | December 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA crowd watched the ship towed, for safe-keeping, under the guns of the Romney in the harbor.
The Eve of the Revolution | Carl BeckerAdam prudently left his papers in safe keeping at Berwick till he had provided himself with a safe conduct.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonHe was the one, mind you, that proposed yesterday that we carry our change of good clothing up to his cottage for safe-keeping.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
The guard-room, 8, is identified by the remains of stocks, in which the refractory were fastened for punishment or safe-keeping.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonOf course—and I was going to take him up to the county jail right away for safe-keeping.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for safekeeping
/ (ˈseɪfˈkiːpɪŋ) /
the act of keeping or state of being kept in safety
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