tutelage (n.)

  1. teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

    [ Syn: tuition , tutorship ]

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

    [ Syn: care , charge , guardianship ]

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