custodial

cus·to·di·al

C0823800 (kŭ-stō′dē-əl)adj.1. Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining: the custodial duties of a security guard.2. a. Having custody, especially of a child: "children whose custodial parent has remarried" (American Demographics).b. Of or relating to child custody: custodial households.3. Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure: custodial treatment of terminal patients.

cus•to•di•al

(kʌˈstoʊ di əl)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to custody. 2. of or pertaining to a custodian. 3. providing protective supervision and guardianship rather than seeking to improve or cure: custodial care. [1765–75] cus•to′di•al•ism, n.

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custodial - providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"tutelar, tutelaryprotective - intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"

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