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" (251 found)
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Strong matches (75)
Verb(22 words)
Noun(20 words)
denyingdissentsdistort the factsdockdockingdocksembargoembargoesembargoinges privadofallowsgarnishgarnisheeinggarnishinggrudgesgunnysackshoardsimpoundimpoundsitalian negare
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (125)
keepkeep backkeep between uskeep buttoned upkeep by onekeep closekeep darkkeep fromkeep inkeep in checkkeep in ignorancekeep in reservekeep in storekeep mumkeep on handkeep outkeep secretkeep snugkeep under controlkeep under wraps
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lay bylay under restraintleave well enough alonelet alonelet go bylet well enough alonemake no signnever let onnever touchnot give awaynot tellnot touchpass upplay dumbpreserveprohibitpullpull input apartput asideput byrefrainrefrain fromrefusereinrein inreserverestrainretainretardretrenchsavesave upsecreteset apartset asideset backset byshunslow downsnubsparestand aloofstand aloof fromstiflestintstraitensuspendveil
Verb(20 words)
keep a secretkeep backmisdirectsmystifiedrecouprefrainedrefuserefuse paymentrejectrepressrescindedrestrict privilegesretainretenersequesteredshow restraintsubtractsuppresssuppressedwithhold data
Noun(29 words)
Determiner(1 words)
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Adjective(6 words)
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9 entriespension withholdingsalary withholdingtax withholdingwithhold accesswithhold datawithhold detailswithhold findingswithhold paymentwithhold permission
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إستئثار verb (to retain)
Bulgarian
2 entries- спирам verb (to retain)
- удържам verb (to retain)
Catalan
1 entries- retenir verb (to retain)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 保留 verb (to retain)
- 扣留 verb (to retain)
Czech
4 entries- odepřít verb (to retain)
- odmítnout verb (to retain)
- podržet si verb (to retain)
- ponechat si verb (to retain)
Dutch
2 entries- onthouden verb (to retain)
- onttrekken (aan) verb (to retain)
Finnish
1 entries- evätä verb (to retain)
German
1 entries- vorenthalten verb (to retain)
Hungarian
1 entries- visszatart verb (to retain)
Māori
1 entries- meko verb (to retain)
Portuguese
1 entries- reter verb (to retain)
Spanish
1 entries- retener verb (to retain)
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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