uphold
Usage
What are other ways to say uphold?
To uphold applies especially to supporting or backing another, as in a statement, opinion, or belief: to uphold the rights of a minority. To support is to hold up or add strength to, literally or figuratively: The columns support the roof. To maintain is to support so as to preserve intact: to maintain an attitude of defiance. To sustain, a rather elevated word, suggests completeness and adequacy in supporting: The court sustained his claim.
Example Sentences
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Do appealed but ultimately had his indefinite suspension upheld by the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board in October 2018, according to the plea agreement.
From Los Angeles Times
“Security in the Arctic must …be achieved collectively,” they wrote, “by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders.”
From Salon
They also called for "upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders".
From BBC
"At the moment we have a system where children's rights are clear but not always upheld. The solution is to make the system work as it should - not dismantle it," she said.
From BBC
Likewise, the EU issued its own statement, saying that "under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the UN Charter must be upheld" without saying whether that applied in this case.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
