Synonyms for entrust
ɛnˈtrʌsten·trust

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1. entrust

   Commit, in the sense here considered, is to give in charge, put into care or keeping; to confide or entrust is to commit especially to one's fidelity, confide being used chiefly of mental or spiritual, entrust also of material things; we assign a duty, confide a secret, entrust a treasure; we commit thoughts to writing; commit a paper to the flames, a body to the earth; a prisoner is committed to jail. Consign is a formal word in mercantile use; as, to consign goods to an agent. Religiously, we consign the body to the grave, commit the soul to God. Compare DO.

   Synonyms:
   assign, commit, confide, consign, relegate, trust

   Preposition:
   Commit to a friend for safe-keeping; in law, commit to prison; for trial; without bail; in default of bail; on suspicion.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commitverb

   confer a trust upon

   "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

   Synonyms:
   institutionalize, put, charge, dedicate, intrust, trust, devote, practice, invest, confide, pull, institutionalise, consecrate, give, hope, desire, swear, perpetrate, commit, leave, bank, rely, place, send, believe

2. entrust, leaveverb

   put into the care or protection of someone

   "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"

   Synonyms:
   lead, go forth, leave alone, exit, bequeath, leave behind, go away, trust, will, get out, result, confide, go out, forget, give, intrust, pass on, depart, pull up stakes, provide, leave, allow, commit, impart, allow for

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1. List of paraphrases for "entrust":

   rely, assign, instruct, confide

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How to use entrust in a sentence?

1. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey:

   Parents who pay and entrust the Wheeling-Charleston diocese and its schools to educate and care for their children deserve full transparency, our investigation reveals a serious need for the diocese to enact policy changes that will better protect children, just as this lawsuit demonstrates our resolve to pursue every avenue to effectuate change as no one is above the law.

2. Shinzo Abe:

   What is needed now is political stability, we cannot lose now. We cannot entrust Japan to the Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party (JCP).

3. Manuela Carmena:

   We can't entrust everything to laws, we must set a good example.

4. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

5. Michael Cohen:

   I am one of thousands of medallion owners who entrust management companies to operate my medallions according to the rules of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission. Gene Freidman and I are not partners and have never been partners in this business or any other.