Definition for Sustentation:

• Support of life( rare; s. fund, collected to support indigent clergy). [ old French]

Synonyms for Sustentation:

• n.

  •conservation (noun)
  • custody,
  • protection,
  • governing,
  • storage,
  • economy,
  • maintenance,
  • protecting,
  • management,
  • attention,
  • directing,
  • control,
  • keeping,
  • conservancy,
  • supervision,
  • supervising,
  • Managing,
  • conserving,
  • care,
  • safekeeping,
  • preserving,
  • cherishing.
  •living (noun)
  • keep,
  • work,
  • means,
  • alimentation,
  • income,
  • way,
  • existence,
  • livelihood,
  • occupation,
  • mode,
  • subsistence,
  • job,
  • bread and butter,
  • sustainment,
  • salt,
  • sustenance.
  •preservation (noun)
  • perpetuation,
  • freezing,
  • evaporation,
  • shield,
  • refrigeration,
  • defense,
  • safety,
  • safeguard,
  • Canning,
  • security,
  • curing,
  • perpetuations,
  • ward,
  • guard,
  • Pickling,
  • tanning,
  • upholding.
  •salvation (noun)
  • exemption,
  • escape,
  • liberation,
  • release,
  • redemption,
  • deliverance,
  • emancipation,
  • lifeline,
  • restoration,
  • reprieve,
  • pardon.
  •support (noun)
  • flotation,
  • timber,
  • pole,
  • substructure,
  • reinforcement,
  • stiffeners,
  • bedding,
  • column,
  • stave,
  • cornerstone,
  • Fulcra,
  • rod,
  • Underpinning,
  • abutment,
  • flotations,
  • buttress,
  • medium,
  • substructures,
  • device,
  • stanchion,
  • stake,
  • rampart,
  • stilts,
  • back,
  • collar,
  • guide,
  • stiffener,
  • brace,
  • foothold,
  • post,
  • agency,
  • stilt,
  • footing,
  • shore,
  • lining,
  • bed,
  • Fulcrums,
  • stay,
  • rib.
  •upkeep (noun)
  • outlay,
  • expenses,
  • repair,
  • budget,
  • expenditure,
  • running,
  • price,
  • out lay,
  • overhead,
  • costs.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • aid,
  • fare,
  • Eutrophy,
  • backing,
  • base,
  • regimen,
  • carriage,
  • prop,
  • fodder,
  • conservation,
  • favor,
  • subsidy,
  • corn,
  • block,
  • diet,
  • charge,
  • pasturage,
  • dietary,
  • Sustaining,
  • pasture,
  • comfort,
  • caution,
  • patronage,
  • foundation,
  • cheer,
  • ground,
  • board,
  • pabulum,
  • boost,
  • Riprap,
  • meat,
  • fulcrum,
  • basis,
  • reliance,
  • pillar,
  • platform,
  • Mothering,
  • subvention,
  • nourishment,
  • forage,
  • price support,
  • nurture,
  • alimony,
  • bearing,
  • substratum,
  • tender loving care,
  • manna,
  • terra firma,
  • rest,
  • provender,
  • landing place,
  • endowment,
  • provision,
  • nutrition,
  • bread,
  • moral support,
  • bait,
  • locus standi,
  • anxiety,
  • security blanket,
  • staff of life,
  • sanction,
  • feed,
  • basement,
  • nutriment,
  • victuals,
  • daily bread,
  • retaining,
  • Carrying,
  • commons,
  • Pou sto,
  • aliment,
  • Point d'appui,
  • commissariat,
  • Sustention,
  • endorsement,
  • floor,
  • ration,
  • prey,
  • hold,
  • groundwork,
  • food,
  • stage.

Antonyms for Sustentation:

• n.

  • conservation
    negligence, destruction, ignorance, squandering, spending, waste, neglect.
  • living
    pastime, entertainment, fun.
  • preservation
    ruin, danger, injury, Endangerment, harm, hurt.
  • salvation
    loss.
  • support
    discouragement, disapproval, stop, frustration, opposition.
  • Other antonyms:
    inattention, damage, disregard, ruination, demolition, dereliction.

Sustentation Sentence Examples:

• Where there was neither grate nor door, a narrow board ran along the wall, on which it was simply a point of honour to seat the twelve deacons, who met once a month to raise the Sustentation Fund by modest, heroic sacrifices of hard - working people, and to keep the slates on the church roof in winter.

• For the growth and sustentation of a forest and of such plants as prefer the woods to the openings it would far excel the deep and exhaustless alluvians of the prairie states.