UPHOLD


Meaning of UPHOLD in English

[verb] [T] [past:] upheld - to defend or maintain (a principle or law), or to state that (a decision which has already been made, esp. a legal one) is correctAs a police officer you are expected to uphold the law whether you agree with it or not.Judge Davis upheld the county court's decision that the guns had been obtained illegally. [T]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.