Upholding
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is upheld.
"[…] the considerable political controversy that has surrounded important historical instances of judicial invalidations and judicial upholdings of federal legislation […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of uphold form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"It is a wicked thing to be neutral between right and wrong. Impartiality does not mean neutrality. Impartial justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong."
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