1. upholding - Noun
2. upholding - Verb
upholding
present participle of uphold
upholding (plural upholdings)
The act by which something is upheld.
There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices. Paddy Ashdown
It is not national interests we are upholding - we claim that the interests of socialism, the interests of world socialism, rank higher than national interests, higher than the interests of the state. We are defenders of the socialist fatherland. Vladimir Lenin
Many senior policemen put greater emphasis on maintaining 'order' than on upholding the law. In practice that meant failing to uphold the rights of individuals against the rule of the mob. Margaret Thatcher
What does fighting crime mean, exactly? Does it mean upholding the law when a woman shoplifts to feed her children, or does it mean struggling to uncover the ones who, quite legally, have brought about her poverty? Alan Moore
And finally, Africa's progress will depend on upholding the human rights of all people -- for if each of us is to be treated with dignity, each of us must be sure to also extend that same dignity to others. Barack Obama
Pride and sweirnesse would have meikle upholding. Scottish Proverb