noun
- Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
- usage: "he wrote the manual on car care"
- synonyms: care, maintenance
- The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
- usage: "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
- synonyms: sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance
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