Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: withhold
IPA transcription: [wɪθh'oʊld]
Pronunciations of withhold
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: withhold, keep_back
    Meaning: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
  • Synonyms: withhold, deduct, recoup
    Meaning: retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
Usage examples
  • King Mark could not by the laws of knighthood withhold the boon.
  • These conditions society is justified in enforcing, at all costs to those who endeavour to withhold fulfilment.
  • He gave it with an extreme ill-grace, and only because Blood made him realize at last that to withhold it longer would be dangerous.
  • But all these considerations could not withhold him from performing a simple duty--a duty which no one could have blamed him for leaving undone.
  • I tried to stifle these sensations; I thought that as I could not sympathize with him, I had no right to withhold from him the small portion of happiness which was yet in my power to bestow.
  • In truth James would have done better to withhold all assistance from the Highlanders than to mock them by sending them, instead of the well appointed army which they had asked and expected, a rabble contemptible in numbers and appearance.
  • I must frankly say that I cannot regard your reasons for resigning your position as Collector of Customs as convincing, but it is so evidently your wish to be relieved from the duties of the office that I do not feel at liberty to withhold my acceptance of your resignation.
  • At present the great mass of the public has sympathy for the law-breaker; just as, in old days, the peasants could not help admiring the outlaw who resisted unjust land laws and robbed the rich, or as today, under the capitalist regime, we can not withhold our sympathy from political prisoners, even though they have committed acts of violence which we deplore.
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