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Another word for ward

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Noun

  1. A person who relies on another for support

    See also:

    give

  2. The state of being detained by legal authority

    See also:

    free

  3. The act or a means of defending

      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
      1. Measures adopted to prevent escape:
      2. Procedures to provide such protection or defense
      3. Protection or defense against escape
      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:
      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.
      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:
      1. A preserving or being preserved
      2. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
      1. Something that gives protection; a safeguard:
      2. The act or duty of guarding; careful watch; wariness; defense; protection
      3. Protection; watch:
      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
    See also:

    attack

  4. A person or special body of persons assigned to provide protection or keep watch over, for example

      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:
      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.
      1. One that keeps guard; a sentry.
      2. A person or animal set to guard a group; specif., a sentry
      1. A person or thing that protects; guardian; defender
      2. One who protects; a guardian.
      3. A device that protects; a guard.
      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
      1. One who keeps watch.
      2. A person detailed to watch; sentry
      3. The act of observing or keeping watch.
      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:
    See also:

    safety

    awareness

Verb

  1. To keep safe from danger, attack, or harm

      1. To attempt to manage without assistance:
      2. (Archaic) To defend
      3. To ward off. Often used with off:
      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.
      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
      1. To ensure the safety or integrity of; protect or preserve:
      2. To protect or guard
      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:
      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:
      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:
      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
    See also:

    attack

  2. To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action.

    Idioms:
    See also:

    allow

Idioms:

    ward off

  1. To turn or drive away

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Another word for ward

Noun

  1. A territorial division

      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
      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
      1. The district or churches under the jurisdiction of a bishop; a bishopric.
      2. The district under a bishop's jurisdiction
      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:
      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.
      1. A division of an arrondissement in France
      2. A division of a political unit.
      3. A division of Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
      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
      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
      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:

  2. A juvenile charge

  3. Hospital room

    See also:

    room

    hospital

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Sentence Examples

  • 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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