Withheld Definition

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of withhold.

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That one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.

His withheld hand stared down at my weakly outstretched one.
The names originally withheld from the report, have been leaked.
The former employee returned to demand his withheld check.
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Withheld Sentence Examples

  • Details were withheld pending further investigation.

  • The English government long hesitated about the official establishment of Protestantism, and the royal order to that effect was withheld until 1551.

  • If nephritis be present, it may be seriously aggravated, and the drug must therefore be withheld.

  • Not only was his stipend as Repetent discontinued, but his nomination to the office of professor extraordinarius, which had already been signed by the minister Karl Altenstein, was withheld.

  • Dean grimaced but withheld comment, while Cynthia looked askance at the news that Patsy Boyd had summarily abandoned her daughter.

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Words Starting With

WWIWIT

Words Ending With

DLDELD

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Words Starting With W and Ending With D

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With W8 Letter Words Ending With D