safekeeping

1. the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft (uncountable)
2. the storage of assets in a protected area (uncountable) · I locked the documents in my bureau for safekeeping.
3. the responsibility of a guardian (uncountable)
4. 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. (US, uncountable)

Plural safekeepings