Definition of withhold

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

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Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Disfavor :: Disfavor (v. t.) To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.
Rob :: Rob (v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight..
Withholdment :: Withholdment (n.) The act of withholding.
Incredulity :: Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Withholden :: Withholden () of Withhol.
Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..
Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request..
Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain..
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..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
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..
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..
Conceal :: Conceal (v. t.) To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
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