safekeeping

noun

Etymology

From safe + keeping.

Definitions

  1. the act of keeping something safe

    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. + 1 more definition
    1. not returning checks

      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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at safekeeping. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at safekeeping. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at safekeeping

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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