Associations to the word «Custodial»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

CUSTODIAL, adjective. Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats