sustainment

sus·tain  (s-stn)

tr.v. sus·tained, sus·tain·ing, sus·tains

1. To keep in existence; maintain.

2. To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for.

3. To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop.

4. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage.

5. To bear up under; withstand: can't sustain the blistering heat.

6. To experience or suffer: sustained a fatal injury.

7. To affirm the validity of: The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.

8. To prove or corroborate; confirm.

9. To keep up (a joke or assumed role, for example) competently.

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[Middle English sustenen, from Old French sustenir, from Latin sustinre : sub-, from below; see sub- + tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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sus·taina·bili·ty n.

sus·taina·ble adj.

sus·tainer n.

sus·tainment n.

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The provision of personnel, logistic, and other support required to maintain and prolong operations or combat until successful accomplishment or revision of the mission or of the national objective.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sustainment - the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" sustentation, upkeep, sustenance, maintenance support - the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"