custody

Noun

Meaning

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

detention control hold charge management care protection holding keeping possession imprisonment supervision retention confinement restraint
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Antonyms

liberty deliverance bliss amnesty release emancipation
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Hypernyms

keeping imprisonment confinement internment guardianship safekeeping

Related terms

custodian custodial

Phrases with the word

in custody custody of someone take into custody custody centre safe custody committal to custody

Examples

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses. William Butler Yeats

I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients. Gustave Courbet

The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will conceal many defects. Ali

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody. Kid Rock

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world. Diane Watson

You have left the sheep with the wolf for safe custody. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

custodianship custodier Custodio custody battle custody case custody centre