1. (n.) A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

2. (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

3. (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

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