Synonyms of the word withhold


WITHHOLDDEDUCT - DENY - KEEP - RECOUP - REFUSE

withhold

  • v. (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to…
  • v. (transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.

deduct

  • v. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.

deny

  • v. (transitive) To not allow.
  • v. (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
  • v. (transitive) To disallow.
  • v. (transitive) to refuse to give or grant something to someone.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
  • v. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure;…
  • v. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).

keep

  • v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
  • v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
  • v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
  • v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
  • v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
  • n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
  • n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
  • n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
  • n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
  • n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
  • n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
  • n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

recoup

  • v. To make back, as an investment.
  • v. To recover from an error.
  • v. (law) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off…
  • v. (transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.

refuse

  • adj. Discarded, rejected.
  • n. (Britain) Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
  • v. (transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
  • v. (intransitive) To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
  • v. (military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To disown.
  • n. (obsolete) refusal.

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