āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to uphold
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āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to support or defend something that is believed to be right so it continues to last
Transitive: to uphold a value or principle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The organization upholds its commitment to environmental sustainability.
āϏāĻāĻāĻ āύāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
(particularly of a law court) to state that a previous decision is correct
Transitive: to uphold a decision
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The appeals court upheld the conviction, stating that the trial had been conducted fairly.
āĻāĻĒāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻĻā§āώ⧠āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§, āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§ āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝā§āϝāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to defend or support something, especially when it is being challenged or opposed
Transitive: to uphold a right or stance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The community upheld their rights despite the opposition.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
uphold
hold
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