uphold
uhp hohld
- v keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
- v stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
- v support against an opponent
- The couple had already been married in a 1993 civil ceremony, but needed the Roma Rota appeals tribunal at the Vatican to uphold the Massachusetts annulment verdict before they .
- Members of that board in particular, which is charged with protecting civil rights, felt torn about promising to uphold laws they felt were discriminatory.
- It was from Romans 13 that he'd first read to her how God gave the authority to rulers of the land to uphold their laws, for governments to carry out his will against the evil of .