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custodial

custodial

24 6.4
Giving care and watching people or things to keep them safe
  • adjective
  • /kəˈstoʊdiəl/
translation icon : de custodia
  • Had we known that, we would've added you to our custodial staff.
  • custodial interrogation
  • custodial parent
  • custodial care

So when he got that custodial sentence for me, that was it.

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Examples

  • The amount of custodial care needed and therapy sessions scheduled often interfere with instructional time.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Nicole is Henry's primary custodial parent, and to the extent that Charlie would like to exercise his custodial time, he should be making efforts to visit Henry here in California.

  • You have a real future in the custodial arts.

  • Media World, custodial staff, one week.

  • If anything, you have the custodial duty to move them aside.

  • My official title: custodial engineer, okay, buddy?

  • In his house in his town, it is his turn to be the custodial parent.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The judges' only criticism of this program was that the custodial parents might miss out on needed payments.

    Academic text (2017)
  • And the parents, the mom works in custodial services in a hospital, and the father also is a janitor.

  • The school hired a custodial staff to ensure the building was clean and safe for students.

Synonyms

tutelary
vscustodial
  • Literature
1 9.9

Protecting and watching over people or places like a guardian

is used more for practical protective supervision and legal safekeeping roles
tutelar
vscustodial
  • Literature
9.9

A guardian who watches over and protects people or places

is broader and also used for formal safekeeping of people or property

Compounds

custodial account
  • Specialized
1 6.1

An account that holds money for a child and an adult manages until they reach legal age

custodial account
  • Specialized
6.8

An account where a company holds and manages your digital money so you do not control it alone

How Protective

custodial
24 6.4
protective
99 2.0

Surface Forms

custodial positive

Morphology

custodial = custody (transparent) = custod + ial

The adjective 'custodial' is transparently derived from 'custody' with the addition of the suffix '-ial', indicating a relation to or characteristic of custody.

Etymology

Custodial comes from an old Latin word custodia, which means 'guarding' or 'watching' and is the same root as custody and custodian. So, something custodial is about protecting, caring for, or keeping people or things safe.