withholding

[ UK /wɪðhˈə‍ʊldɪŋ/ ]
[ US /wɪθˈhoʊɫdɪŋ/ ]

NOUN

the act of deducting from an employee's salary
income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control
I resented his withholding permission
there were allegations of the withholding of evidence

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How To Use withholding In A Sentence

[443] We could use the term partial defeater 'for defeaters that don't require withholding B but do require holding it less firmly. Warranted Christian Belief
A village postwoman has been branded a ‘nasty busy body’ for deliberately withholding mail from a resident who was an ‘outsider’.
That meant withholding some of the farmers' irrigation water and sending it downriver - at least until the drought broke.
Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves. Robert Frost
During the trial, the prosecution was accused of withholding crucial evidence from the defence.
Furthermore, the tax evasion commitor consists of only the taxpayer, not the withholding agent.
In the vast majority of cases the court would reach a clear view one way or the other whether the specified conditions for withholding bail were satisfied. Times, Sunday Times
A fourth mistake was the withholding of our wheat from world markets in 1929, with a view to forcing - one might as well be frank - higher prices, and the associated policy of cutting adrift from the established wheat trade selling agencies in Great Britain and elsewhere. Our National Task
Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.
The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room