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SUSTENTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Example:
fishing was their main sustainment
Synonyms:
maintenance; sustainment; sustenance; sustentation; upkeep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sustentation" is a kind of...):
support (the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities)
Derivation:
sustentacular (serving to sustain or support)
