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district
(With determiner, mostly local usage) Any of numerous governmental districts.
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  1. (With determiner, mostly local usage) Any of numerous governmental districts.
  2. A division of an area, as for administrative purposes.
  3. A region or locality marked by a distinguishing feature:
division
An area of government or corporate activity organized as an administrative or functional unit.
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  1. An area of government or corporate activity organized as an administrative or functional unit.
  2. A particular department of a government, business, school, or other organization
  3. A particular section of a country, state, etc. divided off as for administration
territory
Any large tract of land; region; district
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  1. Any large tract of land; region; district
  2. A part of a country or empire that does not have the full status of a principal division
  3. A similar region, as in Canada or Australia, without the status of a province or state
canton
A division of an arrondissement in France
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  1. A division of an arrondissement in France
  2. A division of a political unit.
  3. A division of Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
precinct
(Brit.) An area in a town closed to motor traffic, as for shopping
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  1. (Brit.) An area in a town closed to motor traffic, as for shopping
  2. A division of a city, as for police administration
  3. The police station situated in and having jurisdiction over such a district.
department
A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge:
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  1. A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge:
  2. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
  3. A division of a business specializing in a particular product or service:
diocese
The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.
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  1. The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.
  2. The district under a bishop's jurisdiction
parish
An administrative district of various churches, esp. a part of a diocese, under the charge of a priest or minister
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  1. An administrative district of various churches, esp. a part of a diocese, under the charge of a priest or minister
  2. A political subdivision of a British county, usually corresponding in boundaries to an original ecclesiastical parish.
  3. A district of British local civil government, often identical with the original church parish
arrondissement
The chief administrative subdivision of a department in France.
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  1. The chief administrative subdivision of a department in France.
  2. (Canada) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
  3. The largest administrative subdivision of a department
dependent
One who relies on another, especially for financial support.
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  1. One who relies on another, especially for financial support.
  2. A person relying on another for financial support; a relative for whom a taxpayer may claim an exemption on his income tax return. A person relying on another for financial support; a relative for whom a taxpayer may claim an exemption on his income tax return.
  3. A person who depends on someone else for existence, support, etc.
child
A person like a child in interests, judgment, etc., or one regarded as immature and childish
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  1. A person like a child in interests, judgment, etc., or one regarded as immature and childish
  2. A member of a tribe; descendant:
  3. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance:
foster-child
A child in foster care
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  1. A child in foster care
charge
Expense; cost:
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  1. Expense; cost:
  2. An assigned duty or task; a responsibility:
  3. Care; custody:
orphan
(Rare) A child who has lost only one parent by death
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  1. (Rare) A child who has lost only one parent by death
  2. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.
  3. A child whose parents are dead.
godchild
The person for whom a godparent is sponsor
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  1. The person for whom a godparent is sponsor
infirmary
A place for the care of the sick, injured, or infirm; esp., a building or room, as in a school, that serves as a hospital or dispensary
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  1. A place for the care of the sick, injured, or infirm; esp., a building or room, as in a school, that serves as a hospital or dispensary
charge
An assigned duty or task; a responsibility:
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  1. An assigned duty or task; a responsibility:
  2. A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation:
  3. The command to attack:
dependent
One who relies on another, especially for financial support.
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  1. One who relies on another, especially for financial support.
  2. A person relying on another for financial support; a relative for whom a taxpayer may claim an exemption on his income tax return. A person relying on another for financial support; a relative for whom a taxpayer may claim an exemption on his income tax return.
  3. A person who depends on someone else for existence, support, etc.
charge
Expense; cost:
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  1. Expense; cost:
  2. The command to attack:
  3. A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation:
confinement
Limitation; restriction; restraint
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  1. Limitation; restriction; restraint
  2. Lying-in, time of giving birth
  3. The act of confining or the state of being confined.
custody
The immediate control, guarding, or keeping of a thing for its care, inspection, preservation, or security.
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  1. The immediate control, guarding, or keeping of a thing for its care, inspection, preservation, or security.
  2. Any significant restraint or control over a person’s freedom to ensure his or her presence at a hearing or trial in a criminal action.
  3. The control and care of a person or property, especially when granted by a court:
detention
A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
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  1. A holding of a person in custody or confinement by authorities for political or military reasons.
  2. A form of punishment by which a student is made to stay after regular school hours.
  3. (Countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
defense
A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
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  1. A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
  2. Something that defends; means of or resources for protection
  3. Justification or support by speech or writing; vindication
guard
Something that gives protection; a safeguard:
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  1. Something that gives protection; a safeguard:
  2. The act or duty of guarding; careful watch; wariness; defense; protection
  3. Protection; watch:
preservation
A preserving or being preserved
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  1. A preserving or being preserved
  2. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
protection
Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.
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  1. Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.
  2. Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution.
  3. One that protects:
protector
A person who rules a kingdom during the minority of a sovereign.
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  1. A person who rules a kingdom during the minority of a sovereign.
  2. One who protects; a guardian.
  3. A device that protects; a guard.
safeguard
A protective stipulation, as in a contract.
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  1. A protective stipulation, as in a contract.
  2. (--- Now Rare) A convoy or guard
  3. Something that provides protection against attack, loss, or injury, as:
security
Measures adopted to prevent escape:
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  1. Measures adopted to prevent escape:
  2. Procedures to provide such protection or defense
  3. Protection or defense against escape
shield
A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.
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  1. A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.
  2. A person or thing that provides protection.
  3. A heavy metal screen attached to an artillery piece for the protection of the gunners
guard
The act or duty of guarding; careful watch; wariness; defense; protection
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  1. The act or duty of guarding; careful watch; wariness; defense; protection
  2. A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel:
  3. Protection; watch:
lookout
One who keeps watch.
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  1. One who keeps watch.
  2. A person detailed to watch; sentry
  3. The act of observing or keeping watch.
picket
A person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to express grievance or protest and discourage entry by nonstriking employees or customers.
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  1. A person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to express grievance or protest and discourage entry by nonstriking employees or customers.
  2. A group of soldiers or a single soldier stationed, usually at an outpost, to guard a body of troops from surprise attack
  3. A person, as a member of a labor union on strike, stationed outside a factory, store, or public building, often carrying a sign, to demonstrate opposition to certain views or practices, keep strikebreakers from entering, or dissuade people from buying
protector
A person or thing that protects; guardian; defender
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  1. A person or thing that protects; guardian; defender
  2. One who protects; a guardian.
  3. A device that protects; a guard.
sentinel
One that keeps guard; a sentry.
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  1. One that keeps guard; a sentry.
  2. A person or animal set to guard a group; specif., a sentry
sentry
(Uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
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  1. (Uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
  2. A guard, especially a soldier posted at a given spot to prevent the passage of unauthorized persons.
  3. The duty of a sentry; watch.
watch
A person or group of people serving, especially at night, to guard or protect.
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  1. A person or group of people serving, especially at night, to guard or protect.
  2. The members of a ship's crew on duty during a specific watch.
  3. A period of close observation, often in order to discover something:
defend
To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution):
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  1. To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution):
  2. To support, maintain, or justify
  3. To protect (a goal, etc.) against scoring by an opponent
guard
To cover (a piece of machinery) with a device to protect the operator
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  1. To cover (a piece of machinery) with a device to protect the operator
  2. To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence:
  3. To maintain control over, as to prevent indiscretion:
preserve
To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
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  1. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
  2. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
  3. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged:
protect
To keep from being subjected to difficulty or unpleasantness:
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  1. To keep from being subjected to difficulty or unpleasantness:
  2. (Baseball) To swing at a pitch near (home plate) in order to avoid being called out on strikes.
  3. To keep from being curtailed or exposed to risk:
safeguard
To ensure the safety or integrity of; protect or preserve:
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  1. To ensure the safety or integrity of; protect or preserve:
  2. To protect or guard
secure
To bring about; effect:
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  1. To bring about; effect:
  2. To protect or ensure the privacy or secrecy of (a telephone line, for example).
  3. To get hold or possession of; obtain; acquire
shield
To protect from being attacked, exposed to danger, or subjected to difficulty:
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  1. To protect from being attacked, exposed to danger, or subjected to difficulty:
  2. To be or provide a shield for; defend; protect; guard
  3. To protect, to defend.
fend
To attempt to manage without assistance:
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  1. To attempt to manage without assistance:
  2. (Archaic) To defend
  3. To ward off. Often used with off:
forestall
To act in advance of; get ahead of; anticipate
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  1. To act in advance of; get ahead of; anticipate
  2. To prevent or hinder normal sales in (a market), as by buying up merchandise.
  3. To delay, hinder, or prevent (an event, for example) by taking action beforehand:
forfend
(Dated) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
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  1. (Dated) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
  2. To keep or ward off; avert.
  3. To ward off; prevent
obviate
To keep from happening or render unnecessary.
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  1. To keep from happening or render unnecessary.
  2. To make unnecessary
  3. To do away with or prevent by effective measures
preclude
To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent.
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  1. To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent.
  2. To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity:
prevent
To keep from happening; avert:
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  1. To keep from happening; avert:
  2. To anticipate (a need, objection, etc.)
  3. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:
stave off
(Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert
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  1. (Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert
Find another word for ward. In this page you can discover 67 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ward, like: district, division, territory, canton, precinct, department, diocese, parish, arrondissement, protégé and dependent.

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  • He sensed the ward he triggered and waited.

  • He reached for her and she stumbled back, holding up her hand to ward him off.

  • If he bought property belonging to a feudal holding, or to a ward in chancery, he had to return it and forfeit what he gave for it as well.

  • He was on Catherine's side during the revolution of 1762, but his jealousy of the influence which the Orlovs seemed likely to obtain ovlr the new empress predisposed him to favour the proclamation of his ward the grand duke Paul as emperor, with Catherine as regent only.

  • A little girl—a sort-of ward of ours—had an interest in the Lucky Pup Mine.

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