detention, retain → retention, etc., coined for contradistinction with sustentation. <span class="searchmatch">sustention</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">sustentions</span>) sustentation...
<span class="searchmatch">sustentions</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">sustention</span>...
plural sustentations) The act or the result of sustaining; sustainment; <span class="searchmatch">sustention</span>. 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XI, in...
sustentais /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ sustentais /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ sustentait /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ <span class="searchmatch">sustentions</span> /sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ sustentiez /sys.tɑ̃.tje/ sustentaient /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ past...