Usually means: Maintains, supports, or confirms something.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word upholds:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. upholds: Merriam-Webster
  2. upholds: Collins English Dictionary
  3. upholds: Vocabulary.com
  4. Upholds, upholds: Wordnik
  5. upholds: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Upholds, upholds: Wiktionary
  7. upholds: Dictionary.com
  8. upholds: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. upholds: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. upholds: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. upholds: Legal dictionary

(Note: See uphold as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Uphold)

verb:  To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
verb:  To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
verb:  To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see uphold


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