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Withholdment :: Withholdment (n.) The act of withholding.

Mulct :: Mulct (v. t.) Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline..

Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.

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..

Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

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

Retainer :: Retainer (n.) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.

Disfavor :: Disfavor (v. t.) To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.

Unbelief :: Unbelief (n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

Abstain :: Abstain (v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.

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.

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

Distance :: Distance (n.) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.

Hiding :: Hiding (n.) The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment..

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.

Hide :: Hide (v. t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..

Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold..

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