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uphold

verb

/ʌpˈhoʊld/

Meaning

to maintain or support a principle, law, or decision

The judge promised to uphold justice at all costs.

uphold the law

support, maintain, defend, sustain, endorse

reject, overturn

uphold justice, uphold the law, uphold a decision, uphold rights

to bring together again after separation

to move back and forth or from side to side

to drive back an attack or attacker by force; to cause intense dislike or disgust

to be in a horizontal position; to tell an untruth

to take something without permission; to rob

To put someone or something at risk or in danger.