Definition of withhold

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

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Unbelief :: Unbelief (n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Unpraise :: Unpraise (v. t.) To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.
Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold..
Incredulity :: Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
Boycott :: Boycott (v. t.) To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott..
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..
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.
Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..
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..
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Boycott :: Boycott (n.) The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion..
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