different between custody vs keeping

English

Etymology

From Latin custodia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custos (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?st?di?/ (Estuary English)
• Homophone: custardy (in some dialects)

Noun

custody (usually uncountable, plural custodies)

1. The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.

   The court awarded custody to the child's father.

2. Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.

   I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.

3. The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

   He was mistreated while in police custody.

4. (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.

   The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.

Derived terms

Related terms

• custodial
• custodian

Translations

Further reading

• custody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• custody in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• custody at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• Custódia [1], Priberam Dictionary]

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki?p??/
• Rhymes: -i?p??

Noun

keeping (countable and uncountable, plural keepings)

1. conformity or harmony.

2. charge or care.

   • His happiness is in his own keeping.

3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.

Translations

Verb

keeping

1. present participle of keep

Derived terms

• in keeping with

Anagrams

• peeking