maintains
Continues to preserve
Maintains means to keep something in its current state or condition.
You maintain a car through regular service, maintain order by enforcing rules, or maintain a relationship through continued attention.
To maintain a position is to assert it firmly: She maintains that she was home all evening.
Maintain also means to provide for: He maintains his elderly parents.
Keeps in existence
- upholdsSupports or affirms
- bolstersSupports or cylindrical pillows
- reinforcesStrengthens or supports further
- backsRear surfaces or supports
endorses · advocates · champions · defends · asserts · insists · stands by · affirms
Reliable adherence to standards
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- progressionSequential forward movement
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- cohesionTendency to bind together
narrative · thread · storyline · arc · chronology · development · transition · succession
Performing routine maintenance
- repairRestore to working order
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
conditioning · restoration · overhaul · tuning · adjustment · lubrication · inspection · care
State of balance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- steadinessState of being constant
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- solidityFirmness of structure
foundation · structure · robustness · durability · reliability · resilience · constancy · harmony
Communication or physical touch
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- connectionA joining or relation
- tiesConnections or neckwear
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
rapport · correspondence · touch · bonds · links · distance · boundaries · appearances
sustains
Keeps in existence
- upholdsSupports or affirms
- bolstersSupports or cylindrical pillows
- reinforcesStrengthens or supports further
backs · endorses · advocates · champions · defends · asserts · insists · stands by · affirms · contends
consistency
Reliable adherence to standards
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- progressionSequential forward movement
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
cohesion · narrative · thread · storyline · arc · chronology · development · transition · succession · linkage
servicing
Performing routine maintenance
- repairRestore to working order
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
cleaning · conditioning · restoration · overhaul · tuning · adjustment · lubrication · inspection · care · tending
equilibrium
State of balance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- steadinessState of being constant
- firmnessResistance to deformation
solidity · foundation · structure · robustness · durability · reliability · resilience · constancy · harmony · order
contact
Communication or physical touch
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- connectionA joining or relation
- tiesConnections or neckwear
friendship · rapport · correspondence · touch · bonds · links · distance · boundaries · appearances · standards
maintainsneglects
Fails to care for
abandons · ignores · disregards · ruins · destroys
maintainsdenies
Declares something untrue
refutes · retracts · recants · disavows · contradicts
maintainsdiscontinues
Stops doing or making
stops · ends · terminates · ceases · halts
- maintain appearancesPreserve outward impression