Upholding

Synonyms for "upholding" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(3 words)

advocacy advocate affirming

aid assistance auxiliary backing bearing bracing

Strong matches (13)

burdened carriage carrying holding

Noun(9 words)

confirm continuation defend defending defense endorse justification maintain maintaining

Related words (22)

Noun(14 words)

maintenance preservation preserving protect protecting support supporting supportive sustain sustaining uphold validate validating vindication

moral supportreliancesecurity blanketsubsidy subvention sustenance upkeep

Verb(1 words)

uphold a rule

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More general

18 entries

action argumentation continuationdescriptive termethicsjuridical procedurelegal actionlegal termmaintenancenorm adherencenorms practice preservation principle process rationale

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More specific

27 entries

advocacy affirmingappeal rulingconstitutional rulingcourt rulingdefend defense defensivedue processendorsementethical standardhuman rightsjudicial decisionjudicial vindicationlegal defensemaintain

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Collocations

10 entries

upholding constitutional normsupholding due processupholding ethicsupholding integrityupholding justiceupholding lawupholding principlesupholding rightsupholding standardsupholding the law

Inflections

5 entries

more upholdingmost upholdingupheld upholdings upholds

Derivations

2 entries

uphold upholder

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: tatoeba (7673767)

Western Sahara's independence should be supported because it is a matter of upholding the principles of self-determination and decolonization.

Source: tatoeba (11854161)

An unseen presence seemed to be very near, upholding and supporting her, for what purpose she could not guess.

Source: tatoeba (11884677)

It is wisdom to accept the truth, virtue to live and defend it, and heroism to dedicate one's life to upholding it.

Source: tatoeba (13333407)

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