Custody /(k?s"t?-d?)/

Cus·to·dy

Custody

n.
  1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
    A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas.
  2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
    Jailer, take him to thy custody.
  3. State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
    What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment?