withhold

Plural: withholds

Verb

Verb Forms: withheld, withholding, withholds

• To hold back; refuse to give or grant.
• hold back; refuse to hand over or share
  • "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
• retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
  • "My employer is withholding taxes"
• To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
• To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
• To stay back, to refrain.

Noun

• An immoral action or condition (an overt) that has not been disclosed to others; the consciousness of such an action or condition.

Examples

• A clever player will WITHHOLD high-scoring letters until a premium square appears.
• a withheld phone number
• I’ll withhold from asking about it.
• The bank withheld her credit card.
• withhold vital information

Synonyms

deduct, keep back, recoup, retain

Anagrams of withhold