Sekirov Dictionary

withhold

UK /wɪθˈhəʊld/US /wɪθˈhoʊld/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 8

verb3

•
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
- The bank withheld her credit card.
To keep (information, assent, etc.) to oneself rather than revealing it.
•
To stay back, to refrain.
- I’ll withhold from asking about it.

noun1

•
An immoral action or condition (an overt) that has not been disclosed to others; the consciousness of such an action or condition.
- Dianetics is concerned with purifying the individual of negative emotions, evil spirits, overts, and withholds. — 1976

forms

withheld · withholded · withheldest · withholden · withholding · withholdeth · withholds · withholdest

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