Associations to the word «Uphold»
Noun
- Obligation
- Requiring
- Legislation
- Violation
- Deportation
- Restriction
- Decency
- Immunity
- Defamation
- Internment
- Judgment
- Law
- Standard
- Lords
- Sovereignty
- Mcconnell
- Safeguard
- Felony
- Morality
- Orthodoxy
- Homosexual
- Charter
- Judge
- Jehovah
- Lawsuit
- Exclusion
- Umpire
- Suspension
- Libel
- Imposition
- Refusal
- Contention
- Bargain
- Cas
- Prosecution
- Claim
- Veto
- Tradition
- Disclosure
- Commitment
- Petition
- Opinion
- Patent
- Precept
- Pornography
- Jurisprudence
- Affirmation
- Discretion
- Privacy
- Litigation
- Creed
- Commandment
- Penalty
- Freedom
- Sustaining
- Sanction
- Chastity
- Mandate
- Neutrality
- Prestige
Adjective
Wiktionary
UPHOLD, verb. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
UPHOLD, verb. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
UPHOLD, verb. To support by approval or encouragement.
Dictionary definition
UPHOLD, verb. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions".
UPHOLD, verb. Stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals.
UPHOLD, verb. Support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.