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What does uphold mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word uphold? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
  2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
  3. To support by approval or encouragement.
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The basic belief of a Rasta is to uphold the truth and defend good over evil, to do the will of God here on earth.
Thus this Court must uphold the Probate Court's decision to find laches inapplicable to this action.
And it's hard to see how a Canadian court would uphold the aforementioned human rights abuses.
Before administering the oath of an attorney, Judge Hilberman reminded me of four important values we should strive to uphold as attorneys.
Barry and his comrades were seeking to establish and uphold a republican democracy on this island.
As a bishop, she is pledged to uphold church law and file charges against pastors who openly defy it.

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