- (n.) A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation or security.
- (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
- (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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