upholding
Maintaining a standard
Upholding is maintaining, supporting, or defending something—typically a principle, law, decision, or standard.
Courts uphold rulings when they affirm them on appeal: The Supreme Court upheld the lower court's decision.
One upholds traditions by continuing to observe them, or upholds values by acting in accordance with them: upholding the constitution, upholding democratic norms.
Protecting against harm
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- advocatingPublicly supporting a cause
- endorsingPublicly declaring approval
- backingAid or sponsorship
standing by · loyalty · allegiance · solidarity · commitment · dedication · fidelity · steadfastness
Keeping in condition
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- continuingGoing on without stopping
- perpetuatingCausing to persist indefinitely
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
protecting · keeping · carrying on · sustaining · reinforcing · bolstering · securing · retaining
Moral soundness and consistency
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
standards · values · duty · righteousness · ideals · scruples · decency · truth
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- convictionFirmly held belief
- appealFormal review request
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
judiciary · constitutional · statute · precedent · enforcement · compliance · adjudication · decision
defending
Protecting against harm
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- advocatingPublicly supporting a cause
- endorsingPublicly declaring approval
backing · standing by · loyalty · allegiance · solidarity · commitment · dedication · fidelity · steadfastness · devotion
maintaining
Keeping in condition
- preservingProtecting from deterioration
- continuingGoing on without stopping
- perpetuatingCausing to persist indefinitely
safeguarding · protecting · keeping · carrying on · sustaining · reinforcing · bolstering · securing · retaining · conserving
integrity
Moral soundness and consistency
virtue · standards · values · duty · righteousness · ideals · scruples · decency · truth · code
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- convictionFirmly held belief
- appealFormal review request
court · judiciary · constitutional · statute · precedent · enforcement · compliance · adjudication · decision · judgment
- advocacypetition, advocating, protest sign, championing, picket sign
- support wordssupport, backing, approval, consent, endorsement
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- commitmentsvow, pledge, oath, vows, promise
- self-carebathing, self-care, renewal, brushing teeth, bath bombs
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
upholdingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
forsaking · relinquishing · discarding · dropping · renouncing
upholdingundermining
Weakening by covert means
opposing · contravening · violating · defying · subverting
upholdingabolishing
Formally ending something
destroying · abolition · dismantling · ruin · ruining
hold, holder, holding, uphold, withhold, behold, upheld, upholder, upholds