WITHHELD
WITHHOLD
withhold, keep back
(verb) hold back; refuse to hand over or share; “The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room”
withhold, deduct, recoup
(verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; “My employer is withholding taxes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
withheld
simple past tense and past participle of withhold
Adjective
withheld (not comparable)
That one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.
Synonyms
• (kept from knowledge): confidential, secret
Source: Wiktionary
WITHHOLD
With*hold", v. t. [imp. Withheld; p. p. Withheld, Obs. or Archaic Withholden (; p. pr. & vb. n. Withholding.] Etym: [With again, against, back + hold.]
1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. Spenser.
2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good. Milton.
3. To keep; to maintain; to retain. [Obs.] To withhold it the more easily in heart. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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