sustentation
4 synonyms for sustentation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The process of keeping something alive or in existence, or the outcome of doing so.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
First attested in 1382, it comes from Old French sustentacion, from Latin sustentātio, from sustentō; compare Italian sostentazione, Occitan sustentacion, Portuguese sustentação, and Spanish sustentación. It is a doublet of sustentatio.
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