Entry Word: maintenance

Function: noun

Meaning: the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition <I was hired to perform basic maintenance until the property could be sold>

Synonyms conservation, conserving, preservation, preserving, upkeep

Related Words support, sustaining; care, guardianship; defense, guarding, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping

Near Antonyms dereliction, ignoring, neglect; damage, destruction, harm, hurt, injury, ruin