Synonyms for custody
ˈkʌs tə dicus·tody

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1. custody

   Bonds may be of cord, leather, or any other substance that can bind; chains are of linked metal. Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either. A shackle is a metallic ring, clasp, or bracelet-like fastening for encircling and restraining a limb: commonly one of a pair, used either for hands or feet. Bonds, fetters, and chains are used in a general way for almost any form of restraint. Gyves is now wholly poetic, and the other words are mostly restricted to the literary style; handcuffs is the specific and irons the general term in popular usage; as, the prisoner was put in irons. Bonds, chains, and shackles are frequently used in the metaphorical sense.

   Synonyms:
   bondage, bonds, chains, durance, duress, fetter, gyves, handcuffs, imprisonment, irons, manacles, shackles

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1. custody

   Synonyms:
   keeping, guardianship, conservation, care

   Antonyms:
   neglect, betrayal, exposure, abandonment, desertion, liberation, jeopardy, discharge

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1. detention, detainment, hold, custodynoun

   a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

   "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, grip, storage area, delay, keep, cargo hold, detainment, handle, hold, appreciation, handgrip, wait, cargo area, detention, postponement, clasp, cargo deck, clench, clutches, grasp, time lag, hands

2. custodynoun

   holding by the police

   "the suspect is in custody"

   Synonyms:
   detainment, hands, detention, hold

3. hands, custodynoun

   (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

   "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

   Synonyms:
   detention, work force, detainment, workforce, hands, manpower, men, hold

Matched Categories

1. • Confinement
   • Imprisonment

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1. custodynoun

   Synonyms:
   keeping, care, watch guardianship, protection, safekeeping

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1. custodynoun

   Synonyms:
   safe-keeping, care, imprisonment

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1. List of paraphrases for "custody":

   detention, guard, guardianship, remand, custodian, custodial, arrest, safekeeping, custodianship, garde, prison, care, detained, imprisonment, guarding, keep, on-call, trusteeship, detainee, keeps, detainees, confinement, possession, quarter, childcare

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How to use custody in a sentence?

1. Gretchen Von Helms:

   It was completely unnecessary for them to cause him to spend four days in custody when they know he has been cooperating with the investigation since this started in January.

2. Elizabeth Prelogar:

   The Executive has long exercised discretion to choose how best to allocate limited resources by prioritizing which noncitizens to take into custody and remove, what procedures to use to pursue removal, and whom to detain during the removal process.

3. Jake Sullivan:

   We have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community, in terms of the specific measures that we would undertake, we are looking at a variety of different costs that we would impose and I am not going to telegraph that publicly at this point, but we have communicated that there will be consequences if Mr. Navalny dies.

4. Mark Greenberg:

   When the family separation policy was implemented, there doesn't seem to have been any planning as to how parents were going to know where their children were, how children were going to know where their parents were, how they were going to be able to communicate and how they would be able to be reunited, so at this point there are probably several thousand children in the custody of( HHS) in shelters for unaccompanied children and large numbers of them probably don't know where their parent is and don't know how to communicate with their parent.

5. Sean Pritchard:

   Across the country the ACLU is pushing for no bail or drastically reduced bail similar to what the hate-filled repeat offender Darrell Brooks was out on prior to him running down and killing innocent people at the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade, if Brooks was held in custody for his most recent offense on a bail amount commensurate with his extensive criminal history then those innocent parade goers would be alive today.