withhold from

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of WITHHOLD

to resist the temptation of <please see if you can withhold from criticizing every little thing she says>

Synonyms abjure, abstain (from), forgo (also forego), keep (from), refrain (from), withhold (from)

Related Words avoid, eschew, shun; check, constrain, curb, inhibit; deny, refuse, reject, repudiate; buck, combat, fight

Near Antonyms acquiesce (to), capitulate, concede (to), knuckle under (to)

Antonyms bow (to), give in (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)

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