Words and phrases that have a meaning related to uphold: (148 results)
Often used in the same context:
abide, enforce, affirm, adhere, reaffirm, overturn, fulfill, violate, flout, vindicate, reinstate, enshrine, overrule, respecting, preserve, comply, invalidate, defend, maintain, abrogate, safeguard, obey, rescind, codify, defy, protect, prevail, reconsider, impose, undermine, disobey, comport, supersede, constitutionalize, reject, reexamine, contravene, restore, annul, conform, invoke, repudiate, subvert, renege, shirk, infringe, promulgate, embody, ratify, accede, instill, derogate, renew, condemn, reiterate, enact, amend, abdicate, honor, trample, disregard, ignore, revoke, prosecute, nullify, readopt, reaffirmed, transgress, besmirch, impanel, legislate, abolish, retain, espouse, reinforce, accept, recommit, ride roughshod, disserve, intervene, strengthen, redouble, betray, reprove, forsake, implement, abridge, cherish, assure, disbar, contradict, exemplify, eviscerate, foreswear, denigrate, applaud, misapprehend, undergird, govern, circumvent, reconfirm, redefine, universal, itself, natural, ancients, ascertainable, civil, covenantal, deprive, extralegal, frontier, heteronomous, islam, perverted, privatized, ruling, traditional, unadulterated, unembodied, unimpeachable, universalized
More specific:
Also try:hang in, hang on, hold on, justify, keep up, perpetuate, persevere, persist, prolong, sustain
— Nouns for uphold: justice, uniformity, rights, standards, religion, reason, life, imposition, violence, legality
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