All guardianship synonyms

noun guardianship

• custody — Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced.
• safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
• 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.
• protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
• trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
• tutelage — the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship.
• care — If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
• warden — any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in cookery.
• tutorship — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
• responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
• 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.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• keeping — board and lodging; subsistence; support: to work for one's keep.
• caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.