withhold

Verb

Meaning

To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

To keep; to maintain; to retain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

retain recoup deduct keep back take control keep hold reserve shun cover stop block holding decline

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peacock telegraph epistle billboard playbill flack

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keep deny refuse hold on

reserve block deny freeze dock deprive

withheld withholden withholding

To withhold from living is to die ... the more you give of yourself to life the more life nourishes you. Anaïs Nin

No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence. Woodrow Wilson

Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors. Napoleon Bonaparte

Those who give have all things; those who withhold have nothing. Hindi Proverb

Don't make promises to the rich nor withhold from the poor. Sicilian Proverb

They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing. Asian-indian Proverb