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Antonyms for wardship
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : wawrd-ship |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔrd ʃɪp |
Definition of wardship
- As in protection : noun care, guardianship
- As in care : noun custody of person, usually child
- As in superintendence : noun care
- As in custody : noun supervision, charge of something
- The wardship of this fief and manor, during the minority of the seigneur, was in the Crown.
- Extract from : « The Coinages of the Channel Islands » by B. Lowsley
- The third letter stated that Jack had not been able to obtain the grant of a wardship.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- His rights of wardship over widows and orphans are stated and limited.
- Extract from : « A History of England » by Charles Oman
- But at least, it will be said, there was no right of wardship and marriage.
- Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland
- The wardship whereof, when it should occur, was estimated at £40.
- Extract from : « The Vale of Lyvennet » by John Salkeld Bland
- This last (cornage) drew after it wardship, marriage, and relief.
- Extract from : « Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country » by John Pagen White
- Nor had Warner, consciously or not, been indifferent to the sacredness of his wardship.
- Extract from : « The Gorgeous Isle » by Gertrude Atherton
- How poor Marmaduke used to envy me my wardship to that good man!
- Extract from : « Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 » by James Payn
- The wardship idea is not the part of the American institution as it concerns them.
- Extract from : « Twentieth Century Negro Literature » by Various
- He had made over her wardship to me, and has no right to resume it!'
- Extract from : « The Chaplet of Pearls » by Charlotte M. Yonge
Synonyms for wardship
- administration
- aegis
- armament
- armor
- assurance
- auspices
- barrier
- buffer
- bulwark
- camouflage
- care
- certainty
- charge
- conservation
- control
- cover
- custodianship
- custody
- defense
- direction
- fix
- guard
- guardianship
- guarding
- insurance
- invulnerability
- keeping
- management
- ministration
- observation
- preservation
- protecting
- protection
- reassurance
- refuge
- safeguard
- safekeeping
- safety
- salvation
- screen
- security
- self-defense
- shelter
- shield
- stability
- strength
- superintendence
- supervision
- surety
- trust
- trusteeship
- tute-lage
- tutelage
- umbrella
- ward
- wardship
- watch
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