noun
1. attention and management implying responsibility for safety
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he is in the care of a bodyguard
• Derivationally related forms: ↑guardian, ↑tutor (for: ↑tutelage), ↑charge (for: ↑charge), ↑care (for: ↑care)
• Hypernyms: ↑protection
• Hyponyms:
2. the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
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he left his car in my keeping
• Syn: ↑keeping, ↑safekeeping
• Hypernyms: ↑duty, ↑responsibility, ↑obligation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.