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Date: 1200-1300
Origin: with 'from' + hold

withhold

 verb
     
with‧hold past tense and past participle withheld [transitive]
to refuse to give someone something:
I withheld payment until they had completed the work.
Ian was accused of withholding vital information from the police.
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