withhold

[With*hold·]

To keep; to maintain; to retain.

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

Verb
hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

Verb
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

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

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

v. t.
To keep; to maintain; to retain.

Withhold

With*hold" , v. t. [imp. Withheld ; p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden ; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] [With again, against, back + hold.] 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.

Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him.

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

Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good.

3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]

To withhold it the more easily in heart.

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

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Usage Examples

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.