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発音

• IPA: /kʌsˈtoʊ.di.əl/

形容詞

custodial (comparative more custodial, superlative most custodial)

1. (comparable or not comparable) Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding.

   custodial account, custodial care

   My custodial efforts have kept my daughter safe her whole life.

2. (not comparable) Of, pertaining to or providing custody, especially of a child.

   custodial dispute, custodial parent, custodial guardian

   I disagree with the judge's custodial decision.

   Near-synonym: parental

3. (not comparable) Providing punishment by incarceration.

   custodial sentence, custodial status

   People don't usually get any custodial time for those charges.

4. (not comparable) Occurring while in custody.

   custodial interrogation, custodial rape

   Suspects must be treated respectfully during custodial processing.

5. (not comparable) Related to the work of a custodian.

   custodial closet, custodial area

   Don't neglect your custodial duties.

   Synonym: janitorial

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Further reading

• “custodial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “custodial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “custodial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.