keeping in

Holding someone inside

Keeping in means confining or restraining from leaving.

A teacher might keep students in after class as punishment.

You keep in feelings when you suppress them rather than express them: She struggled to keep her anger in.

To keep in with someone is to maintain good relations with them, especially for personal advantage.

inclusion

involving

Including as part

preserving · sustaining · continuing · upholding · honoring · respecting · welcoming · embracing · engaging · participating

containment

holding

Maintaining physical possession

retaining · storing · securing · trapping · penning · corralling · caging · housing · sheltering · detaining

suppression

withholding

Keeping from another

bottling up · holding back · concealing · hiding · masking · suppressing · containing · controlling · curbing · checking

fashion

trendy

Currently in vogue

popular · hip · contemporary · modern · up-to-date · relevant · chic · vogue · in style · with it

Opposites
confinement/release

keeping inletting out

Allowing to escape

releasing · freeing · letting go · setting free · liberating

inclusion/exclusion

keeping inleaving out

Failing to include

omitting · excluding · cutting out · removing · dropping

emotional expression

keeping inletting out

Allowing to escape

expressing · releasing · venting · pouring out · unburdening

Family

keep, keeps, kept, keeper, keepers, keeping, upkeep, safekeeping, inner

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