Withhold

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To keep in check; restrain.
  • v. To refrain from giving, granting, or permitting. See Synonyms at keep.
  • v. To deduct (withholding tax) from an employee's salary.
  • verb-intransitive. To refrain or forbear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
  • v. To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
  • v. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
  • v. To retain; to keep back; not to grant.
  • v. To keep; to maintain; to retain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To hold back; keep from action; restrain; cheek.
  • To keep back; refrain from doing, giving, permitting, etc.: as, to withhold payment; to withhold assent to something.
  • To keep; retain; hold; detain.
  • To keep; maintain.
  • To engage; retain.
  • To refrain; stay back; hold one's self in check.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
  • v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share
  • Verb Form
    withheld    withholding    withholds   
    Cross Reference
    restrain    keep   
    Variant
    withheld   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    restrain    retain    keep    maintain    forbear   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nolde    ahold    behold    bold    bowled   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    knowest