uphold
[verb]
Synonyms: support, advocate, aid, back, champion, defend, endorse, maintain, promote, sustain

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Antonyms: contravene, subvert
Related Words: defend, justify, maintain, vindicate, aid, assist, help

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

up‧hold /ʌpˈhəʊld $ -ˈhoʊld/ verb (past tense and past participle upheld /-ˈheld/) [transitive]

1. to defend or support a law, system, or principle so that it continues to exist:
a committee that aims to uphold educational standards

2. if a court upholds a decision made by another court, it states that the decision was correct Antonym : overrule:
The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
—upholder noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

uphold
verb
ADV. firmly, resolutely, vigorously | unanimously Three judges unanimously upheld the sentence.
VERB + UPHOLD have a duty to | be determined to We are determined to uphold the law.
seek to | promise to | vote to The IWC voted to uphold the ban on commercial whaling.
fail to

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