Meanings
plural sustainments
- countableuncountableThe act of sustaining something.
Otherwise, the sustainment or creation of jobs is seriously imperiled.
2009 January 5, “U.S. Labor Looks to Obama for Help”, in New York Times1 more example
Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his esteem, and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires, had, in itself, the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66Synonyms: sustention
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of sustaining something.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Spanish sostenimiento, sustentación
- sostenimientoTranslations
- sustentaciónTranslations
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sustainment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sustainment
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