upholding

Variant of uphold

uphold definition

up·hold (up hōld′)

transitive verb upheld -·held′, upholding -·hold′·ing

  1. to hold up; raise
  2. to keep from falling; support
  3. to give moral or spiritual support or encouragement to
  4. to decide in favor of; agree with and support against opposition; sustain

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