GUARDIANSHIP: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:			'gârdeeun`ship
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping" [n]  attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is under the care of a physician"
	Synonyms:		care, charge, keeping, safekeeping, tutelage
	See Also:		custody, due care, duty, great care, hands, obligation, ordinary care, protection, providence, reasonable care, responsibility, slight care
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Guard"i*an*ship\, n. The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
Legal Dictionary
	Definition:		Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food, housing, health care, and other necessities of a person deemed incapable of providing these necessities for himself or herself.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		administration, auspices, captainship, care, chairmanship, charge, cold storage, conservation, convenership, cure, custodianship, custody, dead storage, dictatorship, directorate, directorship, dry storage, eagle eye, foremanship, generalship, governance, government, governorship, guard, guardedness, guidance, handling, hands, headship, intendancy, invigilation, jurisdiction, keeping, leadership, lookout, management, managership, mastership, means of dealing, ministry, monitoring, observance, overseership, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, peeled eye, preservation, presidency, proctoring, proctorship, protectorship, prudence, qui vive, safe hands, safekeeping, sharp eye, shelf-room, sovereignty, stewardship, storage, storage space, stowage, superintendence, superintendency, supervisorship, surveillance, treatment, trust, tutelage, usage, vigil, vigilance, ward, wardenship, wardship, warehousing, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful eye, watchfulness, watching, weather eye, wing