Custody

Noun

 * 1) Possession of something or someone.

Derived terms

 * joint custody
 * maternal custody
 * paternal custody
 * sole custody

Related terms

 * custodial
 * custodian

Adjectives
safe; protective; temporary; court; jealous; zealous; watchful.

Verbs
accept—of; acknowledge—of; advise—of; authorize—of; commit to—of; confine to— of; direct—of; preserve—of; resent—of; retain—of; subject to—of; —amends; — improves; —neutralizes; —protects; —rectifies; —restrains; —superintends.

Thesaurus
administration, auspices, captainship, care, chairmanship, charge, cold storage, confinement, conservation, convenership, cure, custodianship, dead storage, detention, dictatorship, directorate, directorship, dry storage, eagle eye, foremanship, generalship, governance, government, governorship, guard, guardedness, guardianship, guarding, guidance, hands, headship, hold, imprisonment, incarceration, intendancy, invigilation, jurisdiction, keep, keeping, leadership, lookout, management, managership, mastership, ministry, monitoring, observance, overseership, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, peeled eye, preservation, presidency, preventive custody, proctoring, proctorship, protection, protective custody, protectorship, prudence, qui vive, safe hands, safekeeping, sharp eye, shelf-room, sovereignty, stewardship, storage, storage space, stowage, superintendence, superintendency, supervision, supervisorship, surveillance, trust, tutelage, vigil, vigilance, ward, wardenship, wardship, warehousing, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful eye, watchfulness, watching, weather eye, wing

Etymology
From custodia: < custos:.

Pronunciation

 * (Estuary English)
 * (in some dialects)

Translations

 * Finnish: haltuunotto, pidätys, huoltajuus, omistajuus, hallussapito
 * Hungarian: őrizet


 * Russian: владение