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wardship

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CIDE DICTIONARY

wardshipn. 
  •  The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.  [1913 Webster]
    "Wardship is incident to tenure in socage."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.  [1913 Webster]
    "It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wardship, n.
1 a guardian's care or tutelage (under his wardship).
2 the condition of being a ward.

THESAURUS

wardship

administration, auspices, care, charge, clientage, clientship, cure, custodianship, custody, dependence, dependency, disability, disablement, disqualification, governance, government, guardianship, guidance, hands, imbecility, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, ineptitude, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, jurisdiction, keeping, legal incapacity, management, ministry, minority, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, protectorship, safe hands, stewardship, tutelage, unfitness, ward, wardenship, watch and ward, wing

ROGET THESAURUS

wardship

Safety

N safety, security, surety, impregnability, invulnerability, invulnerableness, danger past, danger over, storm blown over, coast clear, escape, means of escape, blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve, safeguard, palladium, guardianship, wardship, wardenship, tutelage, custody, safekeeping, preservation, protection, auspices, safe-conduct, escort, convoy, guard, shield, guardian angel, tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint, genius loci, protector, guardian, warden, warder, preserver, custodian, duenna, chaperon, third person, watchdog, bandog, Cerberus, watchman, patrolman, policeman, cop, dick, fuzz, smokey, peeler, zarp, sentinel, sentry, scout, garrison, guardship, refuge &c, anchor, precaution, quarantine, cordon sanitaire, confidence, protect, take care of, preserve, cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward, guard, secure, entrench, intrench, fence round, house, nestle, ensconce, take charge of, escort, convoy, garrison, watch, mount guard, patrol, make assurance doubly sure, take up a loose thread, take precautions, double reef topsails, seek safety, take shelter, find shelter, Adj, safe, secure, sure, in safety, in security, on the safe side, under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing, under cover, under lock and key, out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way, unharmed, unscathed, on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water, unthreatened, unmolested, protected, cavendo tutus, panoplied, snug, seaworthy, weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof, defensible, tenable, proof against, invulnerable, unassailable, unattackable, impenetrable, impregnable, imperdible, inexpugnable, Achillean, safe and sound, scathless, unhazarded, not dangerous, unthreatening, harmless, friendly (cooperative), protecting, protective, guardian, tutelary, preservative, trustworthy, ex abundanti cautela, with impunity, all's well, salva res est, suave mari magno, a couvert, e terra alterius spectare laborem, Dieu vous garde.


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