withhold

Meaning

Verb

  • 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.

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Origin

  • From Middle English withholden. Equivalent to with- + hold.

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