'Wardship' definitions:
Definition of 'Wardship'
From: GCIDE
- Wardship \Ward"ship\, n.
- 1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. [1913 Webster]
- Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. [1913 Webster]
- It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wardship'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administration,
- auspices,
- care,
- charge,
- clientage,
- clientship,
- cure,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- dependence,
- dependency,
- disability,
- disablement,
- disqualification,
- governance,
- government,
- guardianship,
- guidance,
- hands,
- imbecility,
- inability,
- inadequacy,
- incapability,
- incapacitation,
- incapacity,
- incompetence,
- incompetency,
- inefficiency,
- ineptitude,
- infancy,
- inferiority,
- insufficiency,
- jurisdiction,
- keeping,
- legal incapacity,
- management,
- ministry,
- minority,
- oversight,
- pastorage,
- pastorate,
- pastorship,
- patronage,
- protectorship,
- safe hands,
- stewardship,
- tutelage,
- unfitness,
- ward,
- wardenship,
- watch and ward,
- wing