withhold

1. v. t. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Source: opted

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

3. v. t. To keep; to maintain; to retain. Source: opted

4. v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share Source: wordnet

5. v. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments Source: wordnet

6. 1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. Spenser. 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. Milton. 3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] To withhold it the more easily in heart. Chaucer. Source: webster

7. v:100 v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share v. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments Source: ecdict

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