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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
guardianship
/ˈɡɑːdiənˌʃɪp/
noun
The legal responsibility for looking after a child who is not your own.
- “The court gave guardianship to the child's aunt.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))