Definition of withhold

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Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..

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Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.
Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.
Unpraise :: Unpraise (v. t.) To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.
Hiding :: Hiding (n.) The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment..
Negative :: Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
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..
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..
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.
Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..
Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
Withholding :: Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withhol.
Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Withholden :: Withholden () of Withhol.
Withholder :: Withholder (n.) One who withholds.
Distance :: Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..
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