Thesaurus / upholding
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synonyms for upholding
- advocate
- confirm
- defend
- encourage
- endorse
- hold to
- justify
- promote
- side with
- stand by
- vindicate
- aid
- assist
- back
- bolster
- boost
- brace
- buttress
- carry
- champion
- countenance
- elevate
- help
- hoist
- prop
- raise
- rear
- second
- sustain
- uplift
- upraise
- back up
- buoy up
- hold up one's end
- pick up
- shore up
- stick by
- stick up for
- take up
- upbear
- uprear
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He was a deputy sitting on the right and upholding the Royalist platform of Divine Right.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHEOn this explanation the Central Authority (whilst upholding the auditor's decision in point of law) remitted the surcharge.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBI was tired of these windy arguments with Doria, and worn out with the awful irony of upholding our poor Adrian's genius.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKEWill not this coming Yankee Congress force all the world either to cower before them, or check them by upholding us?
THE FLAG REPLACED ON SUMTERWILLIAM A. SPICERThe wondrous correlation of forces is manifested in the upholding of the balanced darkness.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGO"Had my father lived, he would now have been upholding the independence of his native land," said the young man, proudly.
THE PILOTJ. FENIMORE COOPERBut all our churches contain such men, and certainly are upholding Slavery.
THE WAY TO ABOLISH SLAVERYCHARLES STEARNSThe town of Bethany had never heard such doctrines as Robert was upholding.
AROUND OLD BETHANYROBERT LEE BERRYYet must he too be of our company, to be witness of the upholding of his word and, if need be, to cast a decisive voice.
KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURSERNEST BRAMAHCameron and Ross, still upholding him, through the crowd a man comes pushing his way, hurling men and women right and left.
CORPORAL CAMERONRALPH CONNORWORDS RELATED TO UPHOLDING
- abating
- allaying
- alleviating
- analeptic
- assuaging
- consolatory
- consoling
- curing
- encouraging
- freeing
- health-giving
- heart-warming
- inspiriting
- invigorating
- lightening
- mitigating
- reassuring
- refreshing
- relieving
- remedying
- restoring
- revitalizing
- softening
- soothing
- succoring
- sustaining
- tranquilizing
- upholding
- warming
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