Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of withhold is as below...

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..

Estrange :: Estrange (v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with..

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..

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..

Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right..

Incredulity :: Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.

Unpraise :: Unpraise (v. t.) To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.

Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request..

Withholder :: Withholder (n.) One who withholds.

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

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.

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

Random Fonts

Most Popular