guardianship (n.)

  1. attention and management implying responsibility for safety; he is in the care of a bodyguard

    [ Syn: care , charge , tutelage ]

  2. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; he left his car in my keeping

    [ Syn: keeping , safekeeping ]

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