WITHHOLD, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive withheld. [with and hold.] 1. TO hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. WITHHOLD--your hasty hand. If our passions may be withheld. 2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. The sun does not withhold his light.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI