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/wɪθhˈoʊldɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Withhold v. t. (past withheld; past part. withheld, obs. or archaic withholden; pres. part. withholding)

To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. "Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him."

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."

To keep; to maintain; to retain. (Obs.) "To withhold it the more easily in heart."

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Etymology of 'Withholding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Withholding" Quotes from Famous Books

... country, and had no support even in England. An examination of Parliamentary history, which I studied carefully, afforded the material for giving a narrative of every occasion when the Commons exerted their power of withholding supplies as a means of compelling a redress of grievances, from the Conquest to the present hour. I did not undertake in a speech in the Senate to recite the authorities in full. But I summed up the result of the English and American ...

— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar

... punishing so powerful an animal is a question of difficulty to his attendants. Force being almost inapplicable, they try to work on his passions and feelings, by such expedients as altering the nature of his food or withholding it altogether for a time. Ou such occasions the demeanour of the creature will sometimes evince a sense of humiliation as well as of discontent. In some parts of India it is customary, in dealing with offenders, to stop their allowance of sugar canes ...

— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent

... to all international law!" exclaimed the enraged Don Bempo. "You forget, signor, that you insult my master, that you insult Spain, by withholding from me by main force what I have purchased in the ...

— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach

... the most enlightened and the best informed people in all the world at this moment. You are subjected to no censorship of news, and I want to add that your government has no information which it withholds or which it has any thought of withholding ...

— The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

... it," said Emilie, gently withholding the tassel of the bell; "but if you would grant me five minutes—one minute—you might perhaps save yourself and me a ...

— Tales and Novels, Vol. 6 • Maria Edgeworth

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