custodial

English

Etymology

custody +‎ -al; confer French custodial.

Adjective

custodial (comparative more custodial, superlative most custodial)

1. Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding
2. Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child
3. Providing punishment by incarceration

Derived terms

Derived terms

• custodial account
• custodial area
• custodial care
• custodial interrogation

• custodial parent
• custodial rape
• custodial sentence
• custodial symmetry
• postcustodial

Related terms

• custodian
• custody

Further reading

• “custodial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “custodial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “custodial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.