Usually means: Maintenance or support of something.
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  1. sustention: Merriam-Webster
  2. sustention: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sustention: Wordnik
  4. sustention: Wiktionary
  5. sustention: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. sustention: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Sustention, sustention: Dictionary.com
  8. Sustention: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. sustention: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Sustention: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. sustention: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Sustention: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  sustentation

Similar:
sustenation, sustentation, sustainment, sustenance, supportation, sustentatio, keep, life support, aliment, upholding, more...

Opposite:
deprivation, starvation, famine, malnutrition, hunger

Types:
food, water, shelter, clothing, air, more...

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Similar:
sustenation, sustentation, sustainment, sustenance, supportation, sustentatio, keep, life support, aliment, upholding, more...

Opposite:
deprivation, starvation, famine, malnutrition, hunger

Types:
food, water, shelter, clothing, air, more...



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