All custody synonyms

noun custody

• guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
• protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
• care — If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
• jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
• detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
• incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
• keeping — board and lodging; subsistence; support: to work for one's keep.
• management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
• observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
• watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
• preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
• aegis — sponsorship or protection; auspices (esp in the phrase under the aegis of)
• conservation — Conservation is saving and protecting the environment.
• ward — (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer.
• salvation — the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
• superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
• auspices — an augur of ancient Rome.
• custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
• trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
• duress — compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
• wardship — guardianship; custody.
• supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
• jailing — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
• gaol — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.