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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Withholden :: Withholden () of Withhol.
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 hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..
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..
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..
Hiding :: Hiding (n.) The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment..
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..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..
Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of withholding; retraint; 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..
Negative :: Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
Distance :: Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
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..
Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
Withholding :: Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withhol.
Incredulity :: Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
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..
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