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maintainverb to keep in good conditionhe repairs and maintains antique cars as a hobby conserve, keep up, preserve, save servicesupport, sustaincare (for), husband, managedefend, guard, protect, safeguard, screen, shieldcure, fix, heal, remedymend, patch, rebuild, reconstruct, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, restore disregard, ignore, neglectbreak, damage, destroy, harm, hurt, impair, injure, ruin, wreck to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objectionspart of debating is learning to maintain your position in the face of harsh challenges defend, justify, support, uphold advocate, champion, espouseconfirm, vindicate, warrantaffirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, insist, plead, proclaim, profess, protest, stateargue, debate, discussemphasize, stress, underline, underscore stand up for, stick up for abandon, abjure, forsake, recant, retract, take back, withdrawreverse, switchcontrovert, disprove, rebut, refute to pay the living expenses ofwe simply cannot afford to maintain a horse keep, provide (for), support finance, fund, patronize, set up, sponsor, stake, underwrite foot the bill (for), take care of to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under considerationshe continued to maintain that a sewing machine would end up paying for itself since she could make her own clothes argue, assert, contend, plead, reason adduce, cite, mentionclaim, insistaffirm, aver, avouch, avowadvance, give, offer, propose, submitadvise, counsel, recommend, suggest, urgeconvince, persuadeadvocate, champion, defend, enforce, espouse, supportexplain, justify, rationalizeconsider, debate, discussconfute, counter, disprove, rebut, refute to state as a fact usually forcefullyhe maintains that there is indeed hard evidence for extraterrestrial visitors affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, profess, protest, purport, warrant announce, broadcast, proclaimargue, rationalize, reasonconfirm, justify, vindicatedefend, persevere, support, upholdreaffirm, reassert put forth deny, gainsay abandondisavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiatechallenge, dispute, questionconfute, disprove, rebut, refutecontradict, counter maintain, assert, defend, vindicate, justify mean to uphold as true, right, just, or reasonable.maintain stresses firmness of conviction.steadfastly maintained his innocence assert suggests determination to make others accept one's claim.asserted her rights defend implies maintaining in the face of attack or criticism.defended his voting record vindicate implies successfully defending.his success vindicated our faith in him justify implies showing to be true, just, or valid by appeal to a standard or to precedent.the action was used to justify military intervention in the 14th century |