Withhold is defined as to hold back or refuse.
(verb)An example of withhold is an employer giving a portion of someone's paycheck to the IRS for taxes.
See withhold in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb withheld, withholding
Origin: ME withholden: see with- & hold,
intransitive verb
See withhold in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb with·held (-hĕldˈ), with·hold·ing, with·holds verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English witholden
Origin: : with, away from; see with
Origin: + holden, to hold; see hold1
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