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withholds
verb as in keep back
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Example Sentences
The army withholds visas, travel permits and permission to cross the front lines.
A dictator withholds the body of an enemy from his family in order to further punish them and tighten his control over the citizenry as a whole.
She withholds much of her body, especially skin, from the lens.
Russo said the documents fall under the case’s protective order, which withholds some content from public view.
That movie depicted as much as “Occupied City” withholds, but the upshot in both films is a sense that history has been unflinchingly and powerfully confronted.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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