upholding Definition

affirming, reaffirming, enforcing, respecting, adhering, abiding, preserving, maintaining, protecting, fulfilling, safeguarding, enforce, supporting, adherence, promoting, championing, strengthening, ensuring, asserting, retaining, keeping, defending, endorsing, advocating, respect, preserve, sustaining, observance, safeguard, confirming, preservation, arguing, observing, advocate, maintain, conserving, defend, protect, compliance, continuation, enforcement, insisting, assert, attesting, advocacy, backing, support, insistence, protection, claiming, fulfilment, persisting, honouring, confirmation, retention, maintenance, persistence, defence, champion, defense, defensa, maintien, reconfirming, overturning, overruling, invalidating, flouting, disregarding, rejecting, abide, obeying, vindicating, subverting, complying, repudiating, quashing, reaffirmed, reinstating, violating, promulgating, undermining, defying, reversing, enshrining, abrogating, enacting, revoking, ruling, annulling, furthering, honoring, adjudicating, disabusing, ignoring, restoring, construing, granting, derogating, invoking, instituting,