From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.
Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. --Blackstone.
2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. --B. Jonson.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "wardship": administration, auspices, care, charge, clientage, clientship, cure, custodianship, custody, dependence, dependency, disability, disablement, disqualification, governance, government, guardianship, guidance, hands, imbecility, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, ineptitude, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, jurisdiction, keeping, legal incapacity, management, ministry, minority, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, protectorship, safe hands, stewardship, tutelage, unfitness, ward, wardenship, watch and ward, wing
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