custodial
adj/kʌsˈtoʊ.di.əl/
Etymology From custody + -al; compare French custodial.
1
Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding.
- custodial account, custodial care
- My custodial efforts have kept my daughter safe her whole life.
2
Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child.
- Near-synonym: parental
- custodial dispute, custodial parent, custodial guardian
1 more example
- I disagree with the judge's custodial decision.
3
Providing punishment by incarceration.
- custodial sentence, custodial status
- People don't usually get any custodial time for those charges.
4
Occurring while in custody.
- custodial interrogation, custodial rape
- Suspects must be treated respectfully during custodial processing.
5
Related to the work of a custodian.
- custodial closet, custodial area
- Don't neglect your custodial duties.
- Derived terms
- custodialism, custodially, custodial symmetry, noncustodial, postcustodial