| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caretaking |
| Synonyms: | care, custody, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, tutorship, wardenship, watch |
| Main Entry: | conservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preservation |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, control, custody, directing, economy, governing, guardianship, guarding, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, preserval, preserving, protecting, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping, salvation, saving, stewardship, storage, supervising, supervision, sustentation, upkeep |
| Antonyms: | destruction, neglect, spending, squandering, waste |
| Main Entry: | custody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supervision, charge of something |
| Synonyms: | aegis, auspices, care, conservation, custodianship, guardianship, keeping, management, observation, preservation, protection, safekeeping, salvation, superintendence, trusteeship, tute-lage, ward, wardship, watch |
| Main Entry: | oversight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, supervision |
| Synonyms: | administration, aegis, charge, check, control, custody, direction, guard, guardianship, handling, inspection, intendance, keep, keeping, maintenance, management, superintendence, surveillance, tutelage |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | patronage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support of a cause |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, backing, benefaction, championship, encouragement, financing, grant, guardianship, help, promotion, protection, recommendation, sponsorship, subsidy, support |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, detraction, opposition |
| Main Entry: | preservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance, protection |
| Synonyms: | canning, care, conservancy, conservation, curing, defense, evaporation, freezing, guard, guardianship, keeping, perpetuation, pickling, preserval, refrigeration, safeguard, safeguarding, safekeeping, safety, salvation, saving, security, shield, storage, support, sustentation, tanning, upholding, ward |
| Antonyms: | destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | safekeeping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, assurance, care, certainty, cover, custody, guardianship, guarding, insurance, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, security, shelter, supervision, trust |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility, custody |
| Synonyms: | account, care, charge, duty, guard, guardianship, keeping, liability, moment, obligation, protection, safekeeping, trusteeship, ward |
| Main Entry: | ward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custody; person in one's custody |
| Synonyms: | adopted child, care, charge, child, client, dependent, foster child, godchild, guardianship, keeping, minor, orphan, pensioner, protection, protégé, protégée, pupil, safekeeping, trust |