Guardianship
['gɑrdɪən'ʃɪp]
Definition
(noun.) the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; 'he left his car in my keeping'.
Typist: Shane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
Checker: Wilmer
Examples
- My mother died when I was still a child, and I was therefore left to the sole guardianship of this pseudo-Englishman. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A sentiment approaching happiness followed the total resignation of one's being to the guardianship of the world's ruler. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I am joined with him in the guardianship of Miss Darcy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- My sister, who is more than ten years my junior, was left to the guardianship of my mother's nephew, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and myself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- This lady was one of my nearest relations, an orphan from her infancy, and under the guardianship of my father. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She could trust her own guardianship, but she could not tell what indirect or political influence might be brought to bear upon a business man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Adrian wrote a brief note to his mother, informing her that Idris was under his care and guardianship. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- As a brother, a landlord, a master, she considered how many people's happiness were in his guardianship! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Poor, puny things, not fit to stir a step beyond papa's park gates: nor to go even so far without mama's permission and guardianship! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Perhaps he was not inclined to put himself in his exhausted state again under the guardianship of Glorvina. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You should see him where he has some great opportunity of acting dishonestly, as in the guardianship of an orphan. Plato. The Republic.
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