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stewardship

stewardship

19 4.9
To manage and protect valuable things like land or data
  • noun
  • /ˈstjuːərdʃɪp/
  • Formal
translation icon : gestión
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Farmers and environmentalists both emphasize the importance of wise stewardship of the shoreline to protect the ecosystem.

  • It's an act of stewardship that is unlike any other.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The American Red Cross demonstrates excellent stewardship by effectively managing and allocating the funds donated by the public.

  • Community programs often focus on the stewardship of local resources to ensure sustainable development for future generations.

Synonyms

conservation
vsstewardship
117 3.5

Protecting and carefully managing nature and natural resources

is about responsible management and protection of many types of valuable assets
safekeeping
vsstewardship
27 3.5

Leaving something with a person or place so it is protected

includes active responsible management and protection rather than mere storage
custodianship
vsstewardship
  • Formal
1 7.0

The job of looking after and managing things like property, records, or a building

focuses more on careful value centred management rather than a named role
conservatorship
vsstewardship
  • Specialized
8.9

The responsibility for caring for and keeping valuable objects safe, like museum items

is broader covering management and protection across property resources and data
conservationism
vsstewardship
5.6

A belief in protecting nature, especially plants, animals, and water

is wider applying careful management and protection beyond environmental matters

How Responsible

stewardship
  • Formal
19 4.9
guardianship
  • Formal
19 4.7
conservation
117 3.5
care
555 1.0
neglect
100 3.5
mismanagement
29 5.3

Surface Forms

stewardship singular
stewardships plural

Morphology

stewardship = steward (semi-transparent) = steward + ship

Formally built from 'steward' + '-ship', but the sense 'responsible management of resources' is a generalization beyond the literal 'office' meaning.

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.