Sustentation
- n. The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.
- n. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.