caretaking

English

Alternative forms

• care-taking

Etymology

From care +‎ taking.

Noun

caretaking (usually uncountable, plural caretakings)

1. The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
   • 1987 December 27, David M. Knauf, “Political Furors Over Civil Rights”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 5:

     Political favors are finally what governs this state, not compassion or understanding or caretaking of the whole constituency.

Related terms

• caretaker

Translations

act of taking care of someone or something

Dutch: verzorging (nl) f

Anagrams

• taking care