stewardship
- noun
- /ˈstjuːərdʃɪp/
- Formal
- And good stewardship requires us to think about God's greater plan.
- environmental stewardship
- product stewardship
- resource stewardship
No, I've never given Ella a pet to teach her stewardship.
- No, I've never given Ella a pet to teach her stewardship.
- It is the nature of guardianship, the nature of stewardship, the nature of caring about you more than I care about me.
- Advancing good stewardship to ensure patients receive the correct antibiotic only if it is needed and for the right duration.
- They don't know what responsible wealth stewardship looks like, you know, particularly if they want to help tackle things like climate change and inequality.
- I'm not here to say it's easy, but I do feel a sense of stewardship toward myself.
- So I, I believe in stewardship.
- I also worked on back the stewardship program, LED it in the UK, the Middle East and Africa for a bit over a year.
- Are we submitting to that principle of faithful stewardship and trying to cut off my own sinful habits, which act like weights that stop me from growing?
Examples
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Farmers and environmentalists both emphasize the importance of wise stewardship of the shoreline to protect the ecosystem.
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It's an act of stewardship that is unlike any other.
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There is no reason that economic development and environmental stewardship cannot go hand in hand.
Academic text (2008) -
A growing number of rural community leaders consider environmental stewardship to be an important element of community sustainability.
Academic text (1993) -
We give thanks for their reverence for and stewardship of this land throughout the ages.
Academic text (2015) -
In their view, worldly goods were given by God to be handled with stewardship, with an interest to society as a whole.
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WDFW has expanded its definition of resource education to include stewardship opportunities to build knowledge and skills.
Academic text (2001) -
They don't know what responsible wealth stewardship looks like, you know, particularly if they want to help tackle things like climate change and inequality.
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The American Red Cross demonstrates excellent stewardship by effectively managing and allocating the funds donated by the public.
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Community programs often focus on the stewardship of local resources to ensure sustainable development for future generations.
Synonyms
Protecting and carefully managing nature and natural resources
Leaving something with a person or place so it is protected
The job of looking after and managing things like property, records, or a building
The responsibility for caring for and keeping valuable objects safe, like museum items
A belief in protecting nature, especially plants, animals, and water
How Responsible
- Formal
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stewardship comes from steward, an old word for a 'guardian' of a house or property. That's why stewardship now means careful and responsible management and protection of things like land, money, the environment, or data.