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What does uphold mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word uphold? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
  2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
  3. To support by approval or encouragement.
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Boyle, of course, continues to uphold the rules of international legitimacy.
He said we should uphold the principle of free speech while recognising that it comes with conditions attached.
Barry and his comrades were seeking to establish and uphold a republican democracy on this island.
The law which the court may then uphold and enforce is the very law which the legislator has enacted, not a different law.
Franklin Roosevelt wanted to pack the Court with New Dealers who would uphold his legislative program.
And it's hard to see how a Canadian court would uphold the aforementioned human rights abuses.

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