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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;
- Example: "they were in want of sustenance"
- Example: "fishing was their main sustainment"
[syn: sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sustainment \Sus*tain"ment\, n.
   The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. --Milton.
   Lowell.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sustainment
    n 1: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of
         subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing
         was their main sustainment" [syn: sustenance,
         sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep]