self maintenance

noun

the state of being maintained: the maintenance of friendly relations with England.

care or upkeep, as of machinery or property: With proper maintenance the car will last for many years.

means of upkeep, support, or subsistence; livelihood: to provide a comfortable maintenance.

alimony or child support.

Law. an officious meddling in a suit in which the meddler has no interest, by assisting either party with means to prosecute or defend it.

adjective

Pharmacology, Psychiatry. administered to sustain a desired physiological or mental condition: maintenance dose.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English maintenaunce < Middle French maintenance. See maintain, -ance

Related forms

non·main·te·nance, noun

pre·main·te·nance, noun

self-main·te·nance, noun

Synonyms
4. See living.

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maintenance (ˈmeɪntɪnəns)

—n
1.	the act of maintaining or the state of being maintained
2.	a means of support; livelihood
3.	(modifier) of or relating to the maintaining of buildings, machinery, etc: maintenance man
4.	law See also champerty (formerly unlawful) the interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it, as by providing funds to continue the action
5.	law a provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, as after a divorce for a spouse
6.	computing
	a. the correction or prevention of faults in hardware by a programme of inspection and the replacement of parts
	b. the removal of existing faults and the modification of software in response to changes in specification or environment

[C14: from Old French; see maintain]

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maintenance

c.1369, "bearing, deportment," from O.Fr. maintenance, from maintenir (see maintain). Meaning "action of upholding or keeping in being" is from 1413. "Action of providing a person with the necessities of life" is from 1389.

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Medical Dictionary

maintenance main·te·nance (mān'tə-nəns)
n.
The extent to which a patient continues good health practices without professional supervision, as distinguished from adherence or compliance.

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"Of all existing forms of injustice there is none so cruel and inconsistent as is the position in which women are placed with regard to self-maintenance—the calm ignoring of their rights and responsibilities which has gone on for centuries. If the economic conditions are hard for men to meet, subjected as they are to the constant weeding out of the less expert and steady hands, it is evident that women, thrown upon their own resources, have a frightful struggle to endure, especially as they have always to contend against a public sentiment which discountenances their seeking industrial employment as a means of livelihood."

-Bertha Honore Potter Palmer

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