keeper, n. [warden]; [superintendent], [curator], [custodian], [guardian], [attendant], [defender], [overseer].
keep from. abstain from, refrain from.
keeping, n. [holding], [restraint], [custody], [guard], [guardianship], [protection], tutelage; [detention], retention; maintenance [support], subsistence, board; conformity, congruity, [harmony], consistency, [correspondence]; observance; [celebration], commemoration, [fulfillment].
keeping back. reservation, reserving, [withholding]; [restraint], [repression], [checking].
keep on. proceed, continue, [persist].
keepsake, n. [memento], [souvenir].
keep to. adhere to.
keep under. hold in [subjection], [subdue], [mortify].
keep up. [maintain], continue.
kelter, n. (Colloq.) [condition], [order].