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Noun: sustainment  su'steyn-munt
  1. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
    "fishing was their main sustainment";
    - sustenance, sustentation, maintenance, upkeep

Derived forms: sustainments

Type of: support

Encyclopedia: Sustainment

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