tutelage
noun/ˈtjuːtəlɪdʒ/
/ˈtuːtəlɪdʒ/
[uncountable] (formal)- the teaching and instruction that one person gives to another synonym tuition
- Under his tutelage, she started reading widely again.
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- the state of being protected or controlled by another person, organization or country
- parental tutelage
- A new regime was installed under French tutelage.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin tutela ‘keeping’, (from tut- ‘watched’, from the verb tueri) + -age.
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