Login
Ideas
Quotes
Lessons
Words
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
Search:
Dictionary
All Posts
Search
Search
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login
/
Register - It's free!
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
withhold
Definition
Cancel
Bank This Word!
My Lists
Login to Create a List
Register for Free!
Keep Public?
withhold
verb
(with-hold)
retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
Synonyms:
deduct
,
recoup
,
Examples:
My employer is withholding taxes.
withhold
verb
(with-hold)
hold back; refuse to hand over or share
Synonyms:
keep back,
Examples:
The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room.
Words Related to
withhold
!
deduct
,
recoup
,
keep back
,
withdraw
,
suspend
,
defer
,
abstain
,
deprive
,
disclose
,
reject
,
deny
,
discontinue
,
disallow
,
accept
,
remove
,
postpone
,
refuse
,
refrain
,
retain
,
conceal
,
hide
,
restrain
,
overshadow
,
freeze
,
encumber
,
keep
,
hold
,
forbear
,
preserve
,
detain
,
differ
,
concealment
,
stop
,
negate
,
engage
,
interrupt
,
subtract
,
attract
,
stay
,
select
,
obscure
,
disguise
,
decline
,
pick
,
block
,
draw
,
memorize
,
remember
,
revoke
,
waive
,
disburse
,
reimburse
,
repay
,
rescind
,
omit
,
forego
,
sue
,
forgo
,
receive
,
obtain
,
terminate
,
redact
,
cancel
,
reconsider
,
solicit
,
expel
,
collect
,
give
,
seek
,
blackball
,
reinstate
,
divert
,
veto
,
yank
,
escrowing
,
unseal
,
divulge
,
declassify
,
garnisheed
,
pilfer
,
extort
,
retaliate
,
approve
,
publish
,
coerce
,
restrict
,
disenroll
,
allocate
,
lose
,
authorize
,
forbid
,
reallocate
,
abandon
,
misspend
,
misallocate
,
confiscate
,
disqualify
,
ignore
,
misappropriate
,
reappropriate
,
withhold
Examples by Brain Bank Users