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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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