Maintenance synonyms

mān'tə-nəns

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keeping
Care; custody; charge
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resources
Plural form of resource
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sustaining
The act of maintaining
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repairs
Plural form of repair
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board
The definition of a board is a long, thin piece of wood or a location where notices can be written or posted.
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preservation (related)
A preserving or being preserved
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money (related)
Any substance or article used as money, as bank notes, checks, etc.
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desertion (antonym)
(Law) The willful abandonment of one's spouse, children, etc.
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pay (related)
A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
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bread
(--- Slang) Money.
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bread and butter
(Idiomatic) That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
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livelihood
Means of support; subsistence.
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support (related)
Financial or other help.
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subsistence (related)
A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life.
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conservation
The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.
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keep
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
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care
A cause of such a mental state
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sustenance
Something that sustains something else; essential support:
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upkeep
The act of keeping up buildings, equipment, etc.; maintenance
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repair (related)
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maintainence (related)
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cleaning (related)
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monitoring (related)
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equipment (related)
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maintenence (related)
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management (related)
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maintenace (related)
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continuance
(Countable, law) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.
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upholding
The act of maintaining
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aid
Something which helps; a material source of help.
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alimentation
Feeding, being fed; the provision of food and other necessities.
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alimony
Money paid after divorce to former spouse for support, usually for a specified period of time, by court order or written agreement. If paid during pendency of the divorce proceedings, referred to as alimony pendente lite. See pendente lite.
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sustentation
Something that sustains or supports; sustenance
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ignorance (antonym)
The condition or quality of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, education, etc.
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living
The means of sustaining life; livelihood
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criminal maintenance
the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
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sustainment
The act of sustaining something
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servicing (related)
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maintainance (related)
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sustentative
Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate.
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neglect (antonym)
The action or status of failing to care for or to maintain something.
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forsaking (antonym)
perpetuation, support; sustenance
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Maintenance Sentence Examples

  • The most successful feature of Crispis term of office was his strict maintenance of Order and the suppression of Radical and Irredentist agitation.

  • The house will need scheduled maintenance but will remember when and will ask you for permission.

  • If she had maintenance, a breach of the marriage tie was adultery.

  • She marched again into the cold snowstorm and to the maintenance tool shed tucked between boulders and trees.

  • Cromwell's religious policy included the maintenance of a national church, a policy acceptable to the army but much disliked by the Scots, who wanted the church to control the state, not the state the church.

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