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Word: withhold (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • transitive To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
  • transitive To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
  • transitive To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

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