SUSTENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sustentation mean? 

• SUSTENTATION (noun)
  The noun SUSTENTATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

  Familiarity information: SUSTENTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUSTENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

maintenance; sustainment; sustenance; sustentation; upkeep

Context example:

fishing was their main sustainment

Hypernyms ("sustentation" is a kind of...):

support (the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities)

Derivation:

sustentacular (serving to sustain or support)