'Custody' definitions:
Definition of 'custody'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" [syn: detention, detainment, hold, custody]
noun
Holding by the police; "the suspect is in custody"
noun
(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children" [syn: hands, custody]
Definition of 'Custody'
From: GCIDE
- Custody \Cus"to*dy\ (k?s"t?-d?), n. [L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. ?????? to hide, and E. hide. Seee Hide to cover.]
- 1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. [1913 Webster]
- A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping. [1913 Webster]
- Jailer, take him to thy custody. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment. [1913 Webster]
- What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'custody'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administration,
- auspices,
- captainship,
- care,
- chairmanship,
- charge,
- cold storage,
- confinement,
- conservation,
- convenership,
- cure,
- custodianship,
- dead storage,
- detention,
- dictatorship,
- directorate,
- directorship,
- dry storage,
- eagle eye,
- foremanship,
- generalship,
- governance,
- government,
- governorship,
- guard,
- guardedness,
- guardianship,
- guarding,
- guidance,
- hands,
- headship,
- hold,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- intendancy,
- invigilation,
- jurisdiction,
- keep,
- keeping,
- leadership,
- lookout,
- management,
- managership,
- mastership,
- ministry,
- monitoring,
- observance,
- overseership,
- oversight,
- pastorage,
- pastorate,
- pastorship,
- patronage,
- peeled eye,
- preservation,
- presidency,
- preventive custody,
- proctoring,
- proctorship,
- protection,
- protective custody,
- protectorship,
- prudence,
- qui vive,
- safe hands,
- safekeeping,
- sharp eye,
- shelf-room,
- sovereignty,
- stewardship,
- storage,
- storage space,
- stowage,
- superintendence,
- superintendency,
- supervision,
- supervisorship,
- surveillance,
- trust,
- tutelage,
- vigil,
- vigilance,
- ward,
- wardenship,
- wardship,
- warehousing,
- wariness,
- watch,
- watch and ward,
- watchful eye,
- watchfulness,
- watching,
- weather eye,
- wing