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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Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..
Withholder :: Withholder (n.) One who withholds.
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To withhold; to forbear.
Retention :: Retention (n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien..
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.
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.
Subtractive :: Subtraction (n.) The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To withhold from being present.
Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..
Withholden :: Withholden () of Withhol.
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Retention :: Retention (n.) The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
Rob :: Rob (v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight..
Unbelief :: Unbelief (n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold..
Disfavor :: Disfavor (v. t.) To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it..
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