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  • 31withhold payment — index default, dishonor (refuse to pay) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 32withhold permission — index ban, censor, disapprove (reject), forbid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 33withhold reliance — index doubt (distrust) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 34withhold — verb /wɪθˈhəʊld,wɪðˈhəʊld,wɪθˈhoʊld,wɪðˈhoʊld/ a) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. b) To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it. Syn: retain …

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  • 35withhold — Synonyms and related words: abstain, abstain from, arrest, avoid, begrudge, bit, bosom, bridle, check, classify, close the hand, conceal, conserve, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail, decelerate, deny, detain, disallow, do …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 36withhold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. keep back, restrain, detain; check, hold back; hinder; suppress, repress, reserve. See concealment, restraint. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hold back, hold out, reserve, keep; see delay 1 , deny . III… …

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  • 37withhold — with|hold [wıðˈhəuld, wıθ US ˈhould] v past tense and past participle withheld [ ˈheld] [T] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: with from + hold] to refuse to give someone something ▪ I withheld payment until they had completed the work. ▪ Ian was accused… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38withhold —  , withheld. Note hh …

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  • 39withhold —    Note hh …

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  • 40withhold — v. a. == to hold with, or make to accompany. HD. 2356, 2362 == restrain. Alys. 2302 …

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