Definition of withhold

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Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

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Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
Withholder :: Withholder (n.) One who withholds.
Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
Defraud :: Defraud (v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld..
Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..
Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Ejectment :: Ejectment (n.) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it..
Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold..
Retention :: Retention (n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..
Unbelief :: Unbelief (n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.
Hiding :: Hiding (n.) The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment..
Withholdment :: Withholdment (n.) The act of withholding.
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Wrong :: Wrong (v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure..
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