Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Source: tatoeba (2793315)
Withhold
//wɪθˈhoʊld//
Synonyms for "withhold" (136 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
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Translations
76 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- إحتفاظ للنفس verb (to keep an object)
- إستئثار verb (to retain)
- كتم verb (to keep information)
Bulgarian
4 entries- въздържа се verb (to refrain)
- въздържам се verb (to refrain)
- възпирам се verb (to refrain)
- възпра се verb (to refrain)
Catalan
3 entries- retenir verb (to keep an object)
- retenir verb (to keep information)
- retenir verb (to retain)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 保留 verb (to retain)
- 扣留 verb (to retain)
- 据为己有 verb (to keep an object)
- 隐瞒 verb (to keep information)
Czech
4 entries- neposkytnout verb (to keep an object)
- odepřít verb (to retain)
- odmítnout verb (to retain)
- podržet si verb (to retain)
Dutch
4 entries- achterhouden verb (to keep an object)
- achterhouden verb (to keep information)
- onthouden verb (to retain)
- onttrekken (aan) verb (to retain)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-d:idr verb (to keep an object)
Finnish
4 entries- evätä verb (to retain)
- pimittää verb (to keep information)
- pitää verb (to keep an object)
- pitää itsellään verb (to keep an object)
Galician
1 entries- reter verb (to keep an object)
German
4 entries- einbehalten verb (to keep an object)
- vorenthalten verb (to keep information)
- vorenthalten verb (to retain)
- zurückhalten verb (to keep an object)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (to keep an object)
Greek
1 entries- κατακρατώ verb (to keep an object)
Hungarian
3 entries- elhallgat verb (to keep information)
- megtart verb (to keep an object)
- visszatart verb (to retain)
Italian
1 entries- trattenere verb (to keep an object)
Latin
1 entries- dētrāhō verb (to keep an object)
Māori
3 entries- kaiponu verb (to keep an object)
- meko verb (to keep an object)
- meko verb (to retain)
Old English
2 entries- oftēon verb (to keep an object)
- æthealdan verb (to keep an object)
Polish
2 entries- zatrzymać verb (to keep an object)
- zatrzymywać verb (to keep an object)
Portuguese
3 entries- privar verb (to keep information)
- reter verb (to keep an object)
- reter verb (to retain)
Russian
4 entries- скрывать verb (to keep information)
- уде́рживать verb (to keep an object)
- удержа́ть verb (to keep an object)
- ума́лчивать verb (to keep information)
Spanish
4 entries- negar verb (to keep an object)
- negar verb (to keep information)
- rehusar verb (to keep information)
- reservar verb (to keep information)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord.
Source: tatoeba (3450383)
"What Myrmidon, or who / of stern Ulysses' warriors can withhold / his tears, to tell such things, as thou would'st have re-told?"
Source: tatoeba (6804465)
"Ten days the seer, as shrinking to reply / or name a victim, did the doom withhold."
Source: tatoeba (6811830)
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