maintenance

Noun

Meaning

The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

care upkeep sustainment repair retention sustenance servicing alimony sustentation sustaining repairs conservancy salvation support control
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Antonyms

amendment pes banister pier mullion end
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Hypernyms

support living keep repair fix misconduct

Hyponyms

service overhaul pump priming inspection and repair car care steam fitting

Phrases with the word

maintenance person maintenance services family maintenance policy beard maintenance health maintenance maintenance of health

Examples

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Kurt Vonnegut

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth. Virginia Satir

The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave. Edward Bellamy

Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented. Frank B. Kellogg

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace. Ludwig Quidde

People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want. Terry Gilliam

Close letter words and terms

maintaining time maintainment maintainor maintenance check maintenance costs maintenance guy