Associations to the word «Withhold»
Noun
- Assent
- Irs
- Consent
- Payment
- Dividend
- Payroll
- Disclosure
- Discretion
- Exemption
- Sustaining
- Medicare
- Employer
- Appropriation
- Approval
- Veto
- Tax
- Wage
- Privilege
- Due
- Approbation
- Admiration
- Information
- Endorsement
- Repentance
- Salary
- Prosecutor
- Funding
- Notification
- Prosecution
- Royalty
- Censor
- Taxpayer
- Captive
- Censure
- Forgiveness
- Bounty
- Judgment
- Defendant
- Blessing
- Judgement
- Redress
- Misconduct
- Antidote
- Reservoir
- Pay
- Employee
- Imf
- Deduction
- Him
- Fbi
- Sympathy
- Mcclellan
- Internment
- Permission
- Delicacy
- Allegation
- Quixote
- Fund
- Compensation
- Plaintiff
- Contractor
- Mercy
- Confession
Adjective
Wiktionary
WITHHOLD, verb. (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
WITHHOLD, verb. (transitive) To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
WITHHOLD, verb. (transitive) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
Dictionary definition
WITHHOLD, verb. Hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room".
WITHHOLD, verb. Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.