[VN]
1 to support sth that you think is right, fair, etc. and make sure that it continues to exist:
We have a duty to uphold the law. * The regime has been criticized for failing to uphold human rights.
2 (especially of a court of law) to agree that a previous decision was correct or that a request is reasonable:
to uphold a conviction / an appeal / a complaint * The Press Council refused to uphold the complaint.
upholder noun:
an upholder of traditional values
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for uphold is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does uphold appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — uphold appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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