safekeeping
Secure holding arrangement
Safekeeping is protective custody or storage to prevent loss, theft, or damage.
You might leave valuables with a bank for safekeeping, or entrust documents to a lawyer's safekeeping.
The word emphasizes security and careful preservation: She put the ring in her jewelry box for safekeeping.
Secure storage chamber
- lockboxSecured container for valuables
- strongboxSecured container for valuables
- depositorySecure storage location
- repositoryPlace for storing things
strongroom · archive · bank · locker · cabinet · chest · coffer · cache
Attentive regard for others
- chargeCost or accusation
- protectionGuarding against harm
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- retentionContinued holding or possession
trust · holding · possession · conservatorship · trusteeship · wardship · oversight · responsibility
Mechanism requiring a key
- keyLock-opening device
- encryptionConverting data into code
- passwordAuthentication string
- protectionGuarding against harm
alarm · surveillance · monitoring · firewall · biometrics · authentication · backup · redundancy
Guardian of a place
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- stewardManager for another
- caretakerOne who maintains property
keeper · protector · conservator · fiduciary · warden · curator · executor · administrator
Objects passed through family lines
- documentsFormal written records
- jewelsOrnamental precious stones
- treasuresPrized possessions or valuables
- keepsakesItems preserved for sentiment
possessions · assets · belongings · securities · deeds · wills · certificates · artifacts
vault
Secure storage chamber
- lockboxSecured container for valuables
- strongboxSecured container for valuables
- depositorySecure storage location
repository · strongroom · archive · bank · locker · cabinet · chest · coffer · cache · treasury
care
Attentive regard for others
- chargeCost or accusation
- protectionGuarding against harm
- storageSpace for keeping goods
retention · trust · holding · possession · conservatorship · trusteeship · wardship · oversight · responsibility · entrustment
lock
Mechanism requiring a key
- keyLock-opening device
- encryptionConverting data into code
- passwordAuthentication string
protection · alarm · surveillance · monitoring · firewall · biometrics · authentication · backup · redundancy · tamper-proof
custodian
Guardian of a place
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- stewardManager for another
caretaker · keeper · protector · conservator · fiduciary · warden · curator · executor · administrator · overseer
heirlooms
Objects passed through family lines
- documentsFormal written records
- jewelsOrnamental precious stones
- treasuresPrized possessions or valuables
keepsakes · possessions · assets · belongings · securities · deeds · wills · certificates · artifacts · collectibles
- keeping thingsrecordkeeping, bookkeeping, housekeeping, timekeeping, scorekeeping
- storingstoring, stashing, stowing, putting away, hoarding
- states of protectionsecurity, shelter, defense, cover, refuge
- Escrow Termsdeposit, funds, account, earnest money, disbursement
- trusteeshiptrusteeship, custodianship, stewardship, conservatorship, wardship
- bailmentbailment, bailee, bailor, entrustment, redelivery
safekeepingendangerment
Causing risk of harm
neglect · abandonment · jeopardy · peril · hazard
safe, keeping, keep, safety, safeguard, upkeep, safeguards, safeguarded, safeguarding