0 to refuse to give something or to keep back something: --
The government is planning to withhold benefit payments from single mothers who refuse to name the father of their child.
She withheld her rent until the landlord agreed to have the repairs done.
Police are withholding the dead woman's name until her relatives have been informed.
During the trial, the prosecution was accused of withholding crucial evidence from the defence.
to withhold information/support
1 to refuse to give something, or to keep back something: --
The governor said he would withhold judgment until he receives the committee’s report.
Has the government been withholding crucial information?
2 if someone withholds something from someone else, they do not allow them to have something they expected to have: --
Death in the intensive care nursery: physician practice of withdrawing and withholding life support.
Its power is predicated on the frustration of sensational expectations: its subject matter raises them, but the poem withholds gratification.
Only under rare circumstances should findings be withheld, and then only to the extent required to reasonably protect against dangerous misuse.
A villager whose property they failed to protect, or whose recovery they could not make, could withhold for a time his share of jagalya's emoluments.
During test, infants listened on alternate trials to previously withheld grammatical items and ungrammatical items with incorrect gender markings on previously heard stems.
In their responses, 79%, identified that patient confidentiality and consent were the reasons given to them for withholding information.
Cases demonstrate, however, that recognition of a husband's marital privilege was acknowledged or withheld on racial terms and in conjunction with congressional naturalization laws.
Can caregivers withdraw or withhold care from infants when death is inevitable or a severe disability is likely?
