'Withhold' definitions:
Definition of 'withhold'
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Definition of 'Withhold'
From: GCIDE
- Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. Withheld; p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] [With again, against, back + hold.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. [1913 Webster]
- Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. [1913 Webster]
- Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'withhold'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstain,
- abstain from,
- arrest,
- avoid,
- begrudge,
- bit,
- bosom,
- bridle,
- check,
- classify,
- close the hand,
- conceal,
- conserve,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- curb,
- curtail,
- decelerate,
- deny,
- detain,
- disallow,
- do without,
- dompt,
- enjoin,
- eschew,
- file and forget,
- forbear,
- forgo,
- govern,
- grudge,
- guard,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold aloof from,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold out on,
- hold up,
- husband,
- in petto,
- inhibit,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep between us,
- keep buttoned up,
- keep by one,
- keep close,
- keep dark,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in ignorance,
- keep in reserve,
- keep in store,
- keep mum,
- keep on hand,
- keep out,
- keep secret,
- keep snug,
- keep under control,
- keep under wraps,
- lay by,
- lay under restraint,
- let alone,
- let go by,
- make no sign,
- never let on,
- never touch,
- not give away,
- not tell,
- not touch,
- pass up,
- play dumb,
- preserve,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- put apart,
- put aside,
- put by,
- refrain,
- refrain from,
- refuse,
- rein,
- rein in,
- reserve,
- restrain,
- retain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- save,
- save up,
- secrete,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set back,
- set by,
- shun,
- slow down,
- snub,
- spare,
- stand aloof from,
- straiten,
- veil