Synonyms: detain, hold back, retain, reserve
Conjugation
| Indicative mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) withhold | (I) withheld |
| (thou) withholdest | (thou) withheldst, withheldest |
| (he) withholds, withholdeth | (he) withheld |
| (we) withhold | (we) withheld |
| (you) withhold | (you) withheld |
| (they) withhold | (they) withheld |
| Subjunctive mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) withhold | (I) withheld |
| (thou) withhold | (thou) withheld |
| (he) withhold | (he) withheld |
| (we) withhold | (we) withheld |
| (you) withhold | (you) withheld |
| (they) withhold | (they) withheld |
| Imperative mood |
|---|
| withhold |
| Participles |
|---|
| Present participle | Past participle |
|---|
| withholding | withheld |
The United States supreme court has allowed president Donald Trump’s administration to temporarily withhold about $4 billion in federal food aid for November, leaving 42 million low‐income Americans in need uncertain about their benefits amid the nation’s longest‐ever government shutdown.