Definition of withhold

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

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Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..
Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure..
Withholden :: Withholden () of Withhol.
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
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..
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..
Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.
Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
Withholdment :: Withholdment (n.) The act of withholding.
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..
Unpraise :: Unpraise (v. t.) To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
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