2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withhold \With*hold"\, v. t. [imp. {Withheld}; p. p. {Withheld},
Obs. or Archaic {Withholden}; p. pr & vb n. {Withholding}.]
[With again against, back + hold.]
1. To hold back to restrain; to keep from action
Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From
knitting league with him --Spenser.
2. To retain; to keep back not to grant; as to withhold
assent to a proposition.
Forbid who will none shall from me withhold Longer
thy offered good. --Milton.
3. To keep to maintain; to retain. [Obs.]
To withhold it the more easily in heart. --Chaucer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
withholding
n 1: the act of deducting (taxes) from an employee's salary
2: income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly
to the government by the employer [syn: {withholding tax}]
3: the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or
control; "I resented his withholding permission"; "there
were allegations of the withholding of evidence"
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