guardianship

[ UK /ɡˈɑːdi‍ənʃˌɪp/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɑɹdiənʃɪp/ ]
NOUN
  1. attention and management implying responsibility for safety
    he is in the care of a bodyguard
  2. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
    he left his car in my keeping
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How To Use guardianship In A Sentence

  • She reminded me that she would only be gone a few months and that the guardianship was a far-fetched eventuality, only effective in the event of her ... death. Murder Crossed
  • This system of guardianship was more or less unpoliced, record-keeping was lackadaisical and consequently the incentive for fraud was huge. Times, Sunday Times
  • In a common fallacy, however, many Sunnis tend to conflate Iraqi Shiite Islamists with the Iranian regime next door, even though the political ideology of Iraqi Shiites does not mesh with Ayatollah Khomeini's vilayet e-fakih (the guardianship of the jurist) and although ever since their return from exile in Iran in 2003, the Shiite Islamists have actively sought to shed whatever Iranian veneer they had acquired. Iraq on the Edge
  • As for Edith, she rambled at will among the bushes of the nearest ravine, under the faithful guardianship of Chimo, and hurried back to the camp almost every hour, laden with cloudberries, cranberries, blaeberries, and crowberries, which grew in profusion everywhere. Ungava
  • Since my brother's death, when he assumed guardianship of my other brother and I, he has ignored us completely.
  • His mother was awarded temporary guardianship of his three small children.
  • This article including four parts: The first part: Adult guardianship concept and significance.
  • Absolutely all, with Allegre self-denyingly on her right hand, with that impenetrable air of guardianship. The Arrow of Gold
  • No ‘consent’ can deprive a parent of his or her natural guardianship rights and obligations, either, especially if they were coerced through threats of forcible removal.
  • And the guardianship is a temporary caretaking agreement. CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2007
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