trusteeship
noun /trʌˈstiːʃɪp/
/trʌˈstiːʃɪp/
[uncountable, countable]- the job of being a trustee
- the responsibility for governing a particular region, given to a country by the United Nations Organization; a region that is governed by another country in this way
- a period of trusteeship
- Burundi was formerly a Belgian trusteeship.