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withheld
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concealed |
| Synonyms: | confidential, held back, hidden, restrained, secret |
| Main Entry: | hidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unseen, secret |
| Synonyms: | QT, abstruse, buried, clandestine, cloaked, close, clouded, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, eclipsed, esoteric, hermetic, hermetical, imperceivable, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, out of view, private, recondite, screened, secluded, sequestered, shadowy, shrouded, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undetected, undisclosed, unexposed, unknown, unrevealed, veiled, withheld |
| Antonyms: | bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, seen, showing, uncovered |
| Main Entry: | held up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | postponed |
| Synonyms: | delayed, put off, withheld |
| Main Entry: | kept |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | retained |
| Synonyms: | at hand, clutched, guarded, held, maintained, on file, reserved, saved, watched over, withheld |
| Main Entry: | postponed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deferred |
| Synonyms: | adjourned, delayed, intermitted, on hold, prorogued, put off, scrubbed, shelved, suspended, tabled, withheld |
| Main Entry: | retained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kept |
| Synonyms: | confined, contained, detained, had, held, held back, included, maintained, owned, possessed, received, remembered, reserved, restrained, saved, secured, sustained, treasured, withheld |
| Antonyms: | lost, refused, wasted |
| Main Entry: | unannounced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not disclosed |
| Synonyms: | surprise, unanticipated, undisclosed, unheralded, unpublished, withheld |
| Antonyms: | announced |
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | bridle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, hold back |
| Synonyms: | constrain, control, curb, govern, inhibit, keep in check, master, moderate, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, suppress, withhold |
| Notes: | bridal relates to a bride or a marriage ceremony while a bridle is a harness |
| Antonyms: | let go, release, set free |
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