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Definition of Maintenance

1. Noun. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order. "He wrote the manual on car care"

Exact synonyms: Care, Upkeep
Generic synonyms: Fix, Fixing, Fixture, Mend, Mending, Repair, Reparation
Specialized synonyms: Camera Care, Car Care, Inspection And Repair, Overhaul, Service, Pump Priming, Scheduled Maintenance, Steam Fitting
Derivative terms: Maintain

2. Noun. Means of maintenance of a family or group.

Generic synonyms: Bread And Butter, Keep, Livelihood, Living, Support, Sustenance
Derivative terms: Maintain

3. Noun. Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.

Exact synonyms: Alimony
Generic synonyms: Support Payment

4. Noun. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence. "Fishing was their main sustainment"

Exact synonyms: Sustainment, Sustenance, Sustentation, Upkeep
Generic synonyms: Support
Derivative terms: Maintain, Sustain, Sustain, Sustentacular

5. Noun. 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. "Unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"

Exact synonyms: Criminal Maintenance
Generic synonyms: Actus Reus, Misconduct, Wrongdoing, Wrongful Conduct
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Maintenance

1. n. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

Definition of Maintenance

1. Noun. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service ¹

2. Noun. (legal) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com