guardianship – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
guardianship
n.
position or duties of a guardian; protection, guard
Legal guardian
A
legal guardian is a person who has the
legal authority (and the corresponding
duty) to care for the personal and
property interests of another person, called a
ward. Guardians are typically used in three situations: guardianship for an incapacitated senior (due to old age or infirmity), guardianship for a minor, and guardianship for developmentally disabled adults.
guardianship
Noun
1. attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
(synonym) care, charge, tutelage
(hypernym) protection
(hyponym) due care, ordinary care, reasonable care
2. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping"
(synonym) keeping, safekeeping
(hypernym) duty, responsibility, obligation
(hyponym) hands, custody
Guardianship
(n.)
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
guardianship
Synonyms and related words:
administration, auspices, captainship, care, chairmanship, charge, cold storage, conservation, convenership, cure, custodianship, custody, dead storage, dictatorship, directorate, directorship, dry storage, eagle eye, foremanship, generalship, governance, government, governorship, guard, guardedness, guidance, handling, hands, headship, intendancy, invigilation, jurisdiction, keeping, leadership, lookout, management, managership, mastership, means of dealing, ministry, monitoring, observance, overseership, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, peeled eye, preservation, presidency, proctoring, proctorship, protectorship, prudence, qui vive, safe hands, safekeeping, sharp eye, shelf-room, sovereignty, stewardship, storage, storage space, stowage, superintendence, superintendency, supervisorship, surveillance, treatment, trust, tutelage, usage, vigil, vigilance, ward, wardenship, wardship, warehousing, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful eye, watchfulness, watching, weather eye, wing,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
