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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Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold..
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..
Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Withholdment :: Withholdment (n.) The act of withholding.
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.
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..
Unbelief :: Unbelief (n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
Unpraise :: Unpraise (v. t.) To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.
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..
Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Withholding :: Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withhol.
Negative :: Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
Withholden :: Withholden () of Withhol.
Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..
Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..
Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
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