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cus·to·di·al  (k  -st   d  -  l) KEY ADJECTIVE:
- Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining: the custodial duties of a security guard.
- Having custody, especially of a child: "children whose custodial parent has remarried" (American Demographics).
- Of or relating to child custody: custodial households.
- Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure: custodial treatment of terminal patients.
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