Usually means: Maintaining or supporting without compromise.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. upholding: Merriam-Webster
  2. upholding: Collins English Dictionary
  3. upholding: Vocabulary.com
  4. Upholding, upholding: Wordnik
  5. upholding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. upholding: Wiktionary
  7. upholding: Dictionary.com
  8. upholding: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. upholding: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. upholding: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. upholding: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (upholding)

▸ noun:  The act by which something is upheld.

Similar:
carry on, maintain, continue, bear on, preserve, sustainment, sustentation, affirming, uplifting, overhold, more...

Opposite:
supporting

Types:
supporting, defending, maintaining, advocating, endorsing, championing, backing, more...

Phrases:
not upholding, upholding equal rights for all, upholding status quo, more...

Adjectives:
worth, divine, firm, constant, public, reverential, mere, strict, general, perpetual, zealous

Colors:
    royal blue,     gold,     silver,     white,     burgundy, more...

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Similar:
carry on, maintain, continue, bear on, preserve, sustainment, sustentation, affirming, uplifting, overhold, more...

Opposite:
supporting

Types:
supporting, defending, maintaining, advocating, endorsing, championing, backing, more...

Phrases:
not upholding, upholding equal rights for all, upholding status quo, more...

Adjectives:
worth, divine, firm, constant, public, reverential, mere, strict, general, perpetual, zealous

Colors:
    royal blue,     gold,     silver,     white,     burgundy, more...



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