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   Sus·te·nance

   /ˈsəstənəns/

   

   noun

   • 1. food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment: "poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance" Similar nourishmentfoodnutrimentnutritionfaredietdaily breadprovisionsrationsmeans of keeping body and soul togetherinformal:grubchowscoffformal:comestiblesprovenderarchaic:victualsvittlesviandsmeatrare:aliment
   • ▪ the maintaining of someone or something in life or existence: "he kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family" Similar supportmaintenancekeepmeans of supportmeanslivinglivelihoodsubsistenceincomesource of income

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French soustenance, from the verb soustenir (see sustain).

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