Related Words for uphold

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maintain
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Verb, Verb
continue
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Verb, Verb
preserve
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Verb, Verb
bear on
//
Phrase, Verb
carry on
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Phrase, Verb
enforced
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Verb
violated
/xxx
Verb
affirm
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Verb
reaffirmed
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Verb
defend
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Verb
overturn
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Verb
undermine
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Verb
vindicate
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Verb
adhere
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Verb
protect
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Verb
embody
x/x
Verb
enshrine
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Verb
subvert
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Verb
safeguard
/x
Noun
strengthen
/x
Verb
fulfill
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Verb
repudiate
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Verb
defy
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Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
flout
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Verb
reinforce
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Verb
conform
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Verb
nullify
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Verb
perpetuate
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Verb
reinstate
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Verb
promote
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Verb
abide
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Verb
strive
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Verb
obey
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Verb
contradict
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Verb
contravene
/xx
Verb
codify
/xx
Verb
honor
/x
Noun
impose
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Verb
sustain
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Verb
reassert
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Verb
fulfil
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Verb
oppose
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Verb
promulgate
x/x
Verb
redefine
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Verb
renounce
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Verb
hold
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Noun
supersede
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Verb
abrogate
/xx
Verb
betray
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Verb
retain
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Verb
inculcate
/xx
Verb
restore
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Verb
assert
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Verb
exemplify
x/xx
Verb
reject
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Verb
impugn
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Verb
disregard
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Noun
cherish
/x
Verb
usurp
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Verb
denounce
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Verb
invalidate
x/xx
Verb
embrace
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Noun
enact
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Verb
invoke
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Verb
proclaim
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Verb
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
integrity
x/xx
Noun
adherence
x/x
Noun
underpin
/xx
Verb
espouse
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Verb
honour
/x
Noun
reestablish
xx/x
Verb
attain
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Verb
threaten
/x
Verb
overrule
/xx
Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
destroy
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Verb
validate
/xx
Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb
revive
x/
Verb
serve
/
Verb
transgress
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Verb
jeopardize
/xx
Verb
rescind
x/
Verb
erode
x/
Verb
elevate
/xx
Verb
bolster
/x
Noun
forsake
x/
Verb
govern
/x
Verb
professed
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Adjective
enjoin
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Verb
achieve
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Verb
reinterpret
xx/x
Verb
cultivate
/xx
Verb
align
x/
Verb
declare
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Verb
define
x/
Verb
comply
x/
Verb
enhance
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Verb
denigrate
/xx
Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
imbue
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Verb
revere
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Name
infringe
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Verb
seek
/
Verb
spurn
/
Verb
implement
/xx
Verb
negate
x/
Verb
adopt
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Verb
renege
x/
Verb
pledged
/
Verb
abolish
x/x
Verb
stand
/
Noun
renew
x/
Verb
legitimize
x/xx
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
sworn
/
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
resurrect
xx/
Verb
commitment
x/x
Noun
solidify
x/xx
Verb
disobey
xx/
Verb
steadfast
/x
Adjective
reexamine
xx/x
Verb
exalt
x/
Verb
mandate
/x
Noun
resolve
x/
Noun
failing
/x
Verb
harmonize
/xx
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
reconcile
/xx
Verb
extend
x/
Verb
revoke
x/
Verb
bring
/
Verb
ratify
/xx
Verb
prevail
x/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
justify
/xx
Verb
annul
/x
Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
satisfy
/xx
Verb
raise
/
Verb
eschew
x/
Verb
unwavering
x/xx
Adjective
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
stick up for
///
Phrase, Verb
uplift
/x
Noun
hold to
//
Phrase, Verb
heighten
/x
Verb
stand up for
///
Phrase, Verb
put on a pedestal
//x/xx
Phrase, Verb
prop up
//
Phrase, Verb
bear up
//
Phrase, Verb
put up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
upright
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Adjective
upkeep
/x
Noun
support
x/
Noun
take up for
/xx
Phrase, Verb
bear out
//
Phrase, Verb
lift
/
Noun
awhile
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Verb
humble
/x
Adjective
worthily
/xx
Adverb
childish
/x
Adjective
constitutionality
xxxx/xx
Noun
yea
/
Noun
sanctity
/xx
Noun
loyally
/xx
Adverb
accede
x/
Verb
accommodate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
ancients
/x
Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
ascertainable
xx/xx
Adjective
assume
x/
Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
buttress
/x
Noun, Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
claim
/
Noun, Verb
confirmed
x/
Adjective
conserve
x/
Verb, Noun
consistently
x/xx
Adverb
consolidate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
covenantal
/xxx
Adjective
dedicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
deepen
/x
Verb
defence
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Noun, Verb
deprive
x/
Verb
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
discharge
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Noun, Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
endorse
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Verb, Noun
entrench
x/
Verb
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
extralegal
xx/x
Adjective
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
foster
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
frontier
x/
Noun, Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
hang in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hang on
//
Phrase, Verb
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
host
/
Noun, Verb
insisted
x/x
Verb
insistent
x/x
Adjective
islam
x/
Name
itself
x/
keep
/
Verb, Noun
keep up
//
Phrase, Verb
lay off
//
Phrase, Verb
maintenance
/xx
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
perform
x/
Verb
persevered
xx/
Verb
persisted
x/x
Verb
persistently
x/xx
Adverb
perverted
x/x
Adjective
plead
/
Verb
privatized
/xx
Verb
prolong
x/
Verb
prove
/
Verb, Noun
pursue
x/
Verb
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
reiterate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
represent
xx/
Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
ruling
/x
Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
show
/
Verb, Noun
sinking
/x
Noun
spend
/
Verb, Noun
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
traditional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
unadulterated
xx/xxx
Adjective
unimpeachable
xx/xx
Adjective
universal
xx/x
Adjective, Name
universalized
xx/xx
Verb, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name