upholding

English

Verb

upholding

1. present participle and gerund of uphold

Noun

upholding (plural upholdings)

1. The act by which something is upheld.
   • 2010, Tom S. Clark, The Limits of Judicial Independence:

     […] the considerable political controversy that has surrounded important historical instances of judicial invalidations and judicial upholdings of federal legislation […]

Anagrams

• holding up