different between safekeeping vs peacekeeping

English

Etymology

safe +? keeping

Noun

safekeeping (usually uncountable, plural safekeepings)

1. the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
2. the storage of assets in a protected area
3. the responsibility of a guardian
4. (US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.

Translations

English

Etymology

From peace +? keeping, after keep the peace.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pi?ski?p??/

Noun

peacekeeping (usually uncountable, plural peacekeepings)

1. The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 378:

     Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well.

2. (as a noun modifier) (for example) a peacekeeping force.

Related terms

• peacekeeper

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