guardianship
guardianship noun: the office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
Noun
guardianship (plural guardianships)
- The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
- Forbidden to you are your mothers and your daughters and your sisters and your paternal aunts and your maternal aunts and brothers' daughters and sisters' daughters and your mothers that have suckled you and your foster-sisters and mothers of your wives and your step-daughters who are in your...1917, Maulana Muhammad Ali (translator), Qu’ran The Women, 4.23
- An application for guardianship must be founded on two medical recommendations, the procedure being similar to an application for admission for treatment.1986, Philip Bean, Mental Disorder and Legal Control, page 84
- Synonyms:
- tutelarity
guardianship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
guardianship in Hindi
- position
- संरक्षण sanrakṣaṇ, अभिरक्षण abhirakṣaṇ
guardianship in Tamil
- காப்புநிலை
guardianship in Urdu
- guardianship
- حفاظت hifāzat
guardianship in Bengali
- guardianship
- হেফাজত hephajot
More languagesFewer languages
- guardianship in Malayalam
- രക്ഷാകർതൃസ്ഥാനം, രക്ഷ, കാവൽ, രക്ഷാകർത്തൃത്വം
- guardianship in Punjabi
- ਹਿਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਤ hifāzat
- guardianship in Malay
- perwalian
- guardianship in Indonesian
- perwalian
Synonyms of guardianship
Forms of guardianship
| plural | guardianships |
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Origin of guardianship
From guardian + -ship.
Questions about guardianship
- What does guardianship mean?
- Guardianship means the office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
- What is guardianship in Hindi?
- Guardianship in Hindi is संरक्षण (sanrakṣaṇ), अभिरक्षण (abhirakṣaṇ). See Guardianship meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is guardianship?
- Guardianship is a noun.
- What is the plural of guardianship?
- The plural of guardianship is guardianships.
Words near guardianship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guardianship (page history and authors); guardianship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حفاظت (Urdu) (page history and authors); হেফাজত (Bengali) (page history and authors); guardianship (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਹਿਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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