Keeping and Order

Keeping

Keeping noun - A state of being or fitness.

Usage example: the estate hasn't been in good keeping since the owner suffered financial reverses

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Order and keeping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Order" instead a noun "Keeping".

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

Order noun - A state of being or fitness.

Usage example: finally got the car back in working order

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Keeping and order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

old	old keeping	old order
good	good keeping	good order
full	full keeping	full order
short	short keeping	short order
Other adjectives: perfect, true, single, simple, wrong, civil, illegal, secret, less, last.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold - Reymont is very abrasive and is seen as a bully by most of the crew, but is genuinely interested in maintaining order and keeping the ship safe.

Source: Literature / Tau Zero
I Take Offense to That Last One: Gaea arrives in the Roxxor meeting room entrance just in time to overhear a member of the guild reminding everyone how she ended up in power, then start speculating that she's actually working for the Order and keeping Amaras' cat hostage in real life.

Source: Film / Noob: La Quête légendaire
The Power of Friendship is explored in Chapter 6, when Fia gets very angry with Ein for keeping to himself in order to Wangst about having to fight his former ally Ledah.

Source: Video Game / Riviera: The Promised Land

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