guardianship [gahr-dee-uhn-ship]
Main Entry:
guardianship [gahr-dee-uhn-ship]
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
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