uphold

When a group of people, such as judges, all agree to support a decision.

To support or maintain a principle or decision with strength and determination.

To maintain a decision or principle without variation over time.

To maintain a standard or law with strictness and great attention to detail.

To defend or maintain a principle with energy and force.

To have a moral or legal obligation to maintain something, such as the law.

Not to succeed in maintaining a required standard, law, or promise.

To be firmly resolved to maintain a principle or standard.

To formally express a collective choice to support a ban, ruling, or decision.

To try or attempt to maintain a law, principle, or decision.

To make a formal declaration that one will maintain a standard or tradition.