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custody has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
“his detention was politically motivated”
holding by the police
“the suspect is in custody”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for custody come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
“my fate is in your hands”