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What does withhold mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word withhold? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
  2. (transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
  3. (intransitive) To stay back.
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Do I give and withhold love according to my moods or is it constant regardless of the ups and downs of life?
He said he believed it was the school's legal right to withhold exam results.
It's gutsy for Shanley to withhold the emotional satisfaction of closure in a drama fueled by such a fraught subject.
She said Jane Doe's lawyers asked Verizon to withhold her name because she was planning on challenging the subpoena.
The advice to withhold the results until that day was reportedly issued in a circular sent out earlier this month, the story said.
The Daily Echo has agreed to withhold details of the address, understood to be a family home, at the request of police for operational reasons.

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