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custody - 17 thesaurus results
Main Entry: custody
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supervision, charge of something
Synonyms: aegis, auspices, care, conservation, guardianship, keeping, management, observation, preservation, protection, safekeeping, salvation, ward, watch, custodianship, superintendence, trusteeship, tute-lage, wardship
Main Entry: custody
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: confinement, jailing
Synonyms: arrest, detention, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, keeping
Antonyms: freedom, liberation, liberty
Main Entry: captivity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical detention by force
Synonyms: bondage, confinement, constraint, custody, duress, enslavement, entombment, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, limbo, restraint, servitude, slavery, committal, durance, enthrallment, impoundment, internment, serfdom, subjection, thralldom, vassalage
Antonyms: freedom, independence, liberty, license
Main Entry: clutches
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: personal power
Synonyms: control, custody, grasp, grip, keeping, possession, sway, claws, hands
Main Entry: conservation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: preservation
Synonyms: attention, care, control, custody, economy, governing, guardianship, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, protection, safekeeping, salvation, saving, storage, supervision, upkeep, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, directing, guarding, preserval, preserving, protecting, safeguarding, stewardship, supervising, sustentation
Antonyms: destruction, neglect, waste, spending, squandering
Main Entry: detention
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: confinement, imprisonment
Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, bust*, custody, delay, hindrance, impediment, incarceration, nab, pen*, pickup, pinch*, quarantine, restraint, retention, withholding, arrestation, detainment, holding back, holding pen, immurement, internment, keeping in, time up the river
Antonyms: freedom, liberation, release
Main Entry: protection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: care, guardianship
Synonyms: aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, guarding, invulnerability, protecting, reassurance, self-defense, wardship
Antonyms: attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat
Main Entry: restriction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: limit
Synonyms: ball and chain, brake, catch, check, condition, confinement, constraint, contraction, control, cramp, curb, custody, demarcation, fine print, glitch*, handicap, hang-up*, inhibition, limitation, lock*, qualification, regulation, reservation, restraint, rule, stint, stipulation, stricture, string*, stumbling block*, bounds, circumscription, containment, excess baggage, grain of salt, limits, no-no, small difficulty
Antonyms: enlargement, expansion, freedom, release
Main Entry: safekeeping
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: protection
Synonyms: aegis, assurance, care, certainty, cover, custody, guardianship, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, security, shelter, supervision, trust, guarding, protecting, reassurance
Main Entry: tutelage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: guardianship; teaching
Synonyms: care, custody, education, guidance, instruction, lesson, preparation, protection, supervision, training, tutoring, apprenticeship, coaching, drilling, schooling
Main Entry: confinement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: imprisonment; restriction
Synonyms: check, coercion, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, detention, incarceration, jail, keeping, limitation, repression, safekeeping, bonds, bounding, bounds, circumscription, constrainment, delimitation, immuration, internment, trammels
Antonyms: freedom, liberation
Main Entry: possession
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: control, ownership
Synonyms: custody, dominion, hold, occupancy, occupation, retention, tenancy, tenure, title, possessorship, proprietary, proprietary rights, proprietorship
Antonyms: lack, need, want
Main Entry: imprisonment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: forcible detention
Synonyms: bondage, captivity, captivity, confinement, custody, duress, incarceration, isolation, quarantine, restraint, durance, immuration, remand, thraldom, thralldom
Antonyms: freedom, liberty
Main Entry: oversight
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: care, supervision
Synonyms: administration, aegis, charge, check, control, custody, direction, guard, guardianship, handling, inspection, keep, keeping, maintenance, management, surveillance, tutelage, intendance, superintendence
Antonyms: ignorance, neglect
Main Entry: charge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: burden
Synonyms: care, commitment, concern, custody, duty, millstone, must, need, obligation, office, onus, responsibility, right, safekeeping, task, tax, trust, ward, weight, committal, deadweight, ought
Main Entry: charge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supervisory responsibility
Synonyms: care, conduct, custody, handling, management, oversight, running, supervision, ward, intendance, superintendence, superintendency
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