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What (who) is uphold - definition
A MILITARY INTERVENTION
Uphold Democracy; Operation Uphold/Maintain Democracy; US invasion of Haiti
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uphold
(upholds, upholding, upheld)
1.
If you uphold something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.
Our policy has been to uphold the law...
...upholding the artist's right to creative freedom.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If a court of law upholds a legal decision that has already been made, it decides that it was the correct decision.
The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate's decision.
VERB: V n
uphold
¦ verb (past and past participle upheld) confirm or support.
?maintain (a custom or practice).
Derivatives
upholder noun
uphold
v. a.
1.
Raise, elevate, lift on high.
2.
Support, sustain, hold up, bear up.
3.
Maintain, defend, vindicate, justify, aid, countenance, support, sustain.
Wikipedia
Operation Uphold Democracy
Operation Uphold Democracy was a military intervention designed to remove the military regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940.
Examples of use of uphold
1. The principles, the values that we uphold and that we defend, and we must continue to uphold.
2. Uphold science; don‘t be ignorant & unenlightened.
3. Related Article Lebanon Vows to Uphold Truce (Aug. 21, 2006) «
4. "Boom, boom, boom, 1, 2, 3, they didn‘t uphold anything.
5. The courts exist to uphold (restore, distribute) justice.