معنی کلمه withholds

to refuse to give something, or to keep back something:
Has the government been withholding crucial information?
The governor said he would withhold judgment until he receives the committee’s report.

In the stop-signal task, this tone indicated that the planned response to the grating should be withheld.
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To modern sensibilities these key dramatic moments that withhold opera's defining force, the virtuosic voice, may seem odd.
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Judgment should be withheld, not because patients are never accountable, but because clinicians and other healthcare providers are supposed to be partners, not critics.
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A policy of withholding societal funds cannot be justified unless several conditions are met.
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This enabled him to manipulate the chiefly system by promoting those loyal to him and withholding promotion from those he opposed.
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For example, it is reasonable to continue and monitor immunosuppressive therapy while withholding invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, antibiotics, pressor, intubation, and cardiac resuscitation.
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Some people may suggest that the key difference lies in the fact that withholding tax-exempt status merely involves denying a benefit, not imposing a cost

I withheld payment until they had completed the work.

The sun seemed to withhold its light and warmth from him.