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Custodial

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tutelarnounServing as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
tutelarynounRelating to guardianship or protection.
protectivenounServing or intended to protect.
guardiannounSomeone who guards, watches over, or protects.

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guardiannounSomeone who guards, watches over, or protects.
tutelaryRelating to guardianship or protection.
tutelarnounServing as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
protectiveServing or intended to protect.
custodiannounA person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
caretaker(chiefly UK) Temporary, on a short term basis.
custodynounThe legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
wardennounA chief administrative officer of a prison.
guardianshipnounThe office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
correctionsnoun(US, Canada, law) Relating to the punishment, treatment, or supervision of persons who have been convicted of a crime
guardnounA person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
supervisedDone under supervision; watched.
depositorynounA place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation.
stewardshipnounThe act of caring for or improving with time.
supervisoryOf, pertaining to, or in the capacity of a supervisor
conservationnounThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
detentionnoun(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
prisonnounA place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
monitoringnounThe carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
depositaryActing as the trusted recipient of a deposit.

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