Related Words for custody

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WordSyllablesCategories
detention
x/x
Noun, Noun
hold
/
Noun, Noun
hands
/
Noun, Noun
custodial
x/xx
Adjective
guardianship
/xxx
Noun
divorce
x/
Noun
jail
/
Noun
prisoner
/xx
Noun
safekeeping
//x
Noun
possession
x/x
Noun
court
/
Noun
noncustodial
xx/xx
Adjective
arrest
x/
Noun
wardship
/x
Noun
incarceration
xxx/x
Noun
bail
/
Noun
visitation
xx/x
Noun
kidnapping
/xx
Noun
child
/
Noun, Adjective
lockup
/x
Noun
prison
/x
Noun
probation
x/x
Noun
adjudication
xxx/x
Noun
police
x/
Noun, Verb
pending
/x
Verb
parolee
xx/
Noun
conservatorship
x/xxx
Noun
hostage
/x
Noun
arraignment
x/x
Noun
abduction
x/x
Noun
alimony
/xxx
Noun
marriage
/x
Noun
interrogation
xxx/x
Noun
parole
x/
Noun
residence
/xx
Noun
confinement
x/x
Noun
fighting
/x
Noun
fugitive
/xx
Noun
care
/
Noun
jurisdiction
xx/x
Noun
lawful
/x
Adjective
paternity
x/xx
Noun
ownership
/xx
Noun
prosecution
xx/x
Noun
psychiatric
xx/x
Name
parent
/x
Noun
detained
x/
Verb
seizure
/x
Noun
welfare
/x
Noun
remanded
x/x
Verb
relinquishing
x/xx
Verb
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
sole custody
//xx
Phrase, Noun
protective custody
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
joint custody
//xx
Phrase, Noun
tutelage
/xx
Noun
behalf
x/
Noun
child support
/x/
Phrase, Noun
access
/x
Noun
family court
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
command
x/
Noun
maintenance
/xx
Noun
tenure
/x
Noun
trusteeship
x/x
Noun
power
/x
Noun
entry
/x
Noun
trust
/
Noun
bailment
/x
Noun
duty
/x
Noun
property
/xx
Noun
acknowledgment
x/xx
Noun
entrance
/x
Noun
succession
x/x
Noun
captaincy
/xx
Noun
admittance
x/x
Noun
legal representative
/xxx/xx
Name, Name
watch and ward
//x
Phrase, Noun
affiliation
xxx/x
Noun
security
x/xx
Noun
portion
/x
Noun
obligation
xx/x
Noun
accountability
x/xxxx
Noun
court order
//x
Phrase, Noun
apprehension
xx/x
Noun
duty of care
/x//
Phrase, Noun
droit
/
Noun
status
/x
Noun
territory
/xxx
Noun
foster care
/x/
Name, Name
entitlement
x/xx
Noun
inheritance
x/xx
Noun
standing
/x
Noun
supervision
xx/x
Noun
courtesy
/xx
Noun
capacity
x/xx
Noun
office
/x
Noun
habeas corpus
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
birthright
/x
Noun
right
/
Noun
dominion
x/x
Noun
assignment
x/x
Noun
landownership
/xxx
Noun
law enforcement
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
domination
xx/x
Noun
obedience
x/xx
Noun
conjugal rights
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
rulership
/xx
Noun
judicature
x/xx
Noun
enjoyment
x/x
Noun
superintendence
xxx/x
Noun
imperium
x/xx
Noun
cognizance
/xx
Noun
serjeant
/x
Noun
suspect
x/
Noun
protective
x/x
Adjective
awarding
x/x
Verb
marshal
/x
Noun
automatism
x/xxx
Noun
detainees
xx/
Noun
split
/
Adjective
joint
/
Adjective
sheriff
/x
Noun
safe
/
Adjective
pretrial
x/x
Adjective
sole
/
Adjective
moneys
/x
Noun
grandchild
/x
Noun
suing
/x
Verb
divided
x/x
Adjective
effortless
/xx
Adjective
abstention
x/x
Noun
accreditation
xxx/x
Noun
accused
x/
Noun, Adjective
antidumping
xx/x
Adjective
antitrust
xx/
Adjective
appellate
x/x
Adjective
appointment
x/x
Noun
apprehending
xx/x
Noun
attachment
x/x
Noun
babysitting
/xxx
Noun
bailee
/x
Noun
beware
x/
Verb
bodyguard
/xx
Noun, Verb
booking
/x
Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
captivity
x/xx
Noun
careful
/x
Adjective
caregiving
/xx
Noun
caution
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
childcare
/x
Noun
committal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
confidentiality
xxxx/xx
Noun
consent
x/
Noun, Verb
conservation
xx/x
Noun
constitutional
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
contentious
x/x
Adjective
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
convict
/x
Verb, Noun
copyright
/xx
Noun, Verb
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
correctional
x/xx
Adjective
daycare
/x
Noun
delivered
x/x
Adjective
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
depositary
x/xxx
Noun, Adjective
deposition
xx/x
Noun
depository
x/xxx
Noun
depot
/x
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
diligence
/xx
Noun
disclaimer
x/x
Noun, Verb
discrimination
xxx/x
Noun
distributive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
dumping
/x
Noun
employ
x/
Verb, Noun
employment
x/x
Noun
escort
x/
Noun, Verb
escrow
x/
Noun, Verb
establishment
x/xx
Noun
fiduciary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
filing
/x
Noun
foster
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
freedom
/x
Noun
gaol
x/
Noun, Verb
garda
/x
Name
guard
/
Noun, Verb
hilt
/
Noun, Verb
imprisonment
x/xx
Noun
incubation
xx/x
Noun
incubator
/xxx
Noun
inmate
/x
Noun
internment
x/x
Noun
investment
x/x
Noun
justiciable
/xxxx
Adjective
keep
/
Verb, Noun
keeper
/x
Noun
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
liability
xx/xx
Noun
liberty
/xx
Noun
matrimonial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
monitoring
/xxx
Noun
nursery
/xx
Noun
occupancy
/xxx
Noun
offender
x/x
Noun
penitentiary
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
permission
x/x
Noun, Verb
placement
/x
Noun
preservation
xx/x
Noun
preventative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
preventive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
protection
x/x
Noun
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
quarter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ranger
/x
Noun, Verb
ratification
xxx/x
Noun
reservation
xx/x
Noun
residency
/xxx
Noun
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
safeguarding
/xx
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
seclusion
x/x
Noun
sentry
/x
Noun
sequestration
xx/x
Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shove
/
Verb, Noun
sponsorship
/xx
Noun
station
/x
Noun, Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
stewardship
/xx
Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
storage
/x
Noun, Verb
surveillance
x/x
Noun
tenant
/x
Noun, Verb
traceability
/x/xx
Noun
trustee
x/
Noun, Verb
vigilante
xx/x
Noun
waiting
/x
Noun
warden
/x
Noun, Verb
warn
/
Verb, Noun
wary
/x
Adjective
watch
/
Verb, Noun
withholding
x/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
oh
/
Noun, Verb
cloth
/
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun