custody

custody is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
2. noun. Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
3. noun. State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
4. noun. (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"

   Synonyms: hands

5. noun. holding by the police

   "the suspect is in custody"

6. noun. a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

   "his detention was politically motivated"

   "the prisoner is on hold"

   Synonyms: detainment, detention, hold

Synonyms

hands, detainment, detention, hold

Common word forms

custodier, custodies

Words from these letters

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