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Origin and history of withholding

withholding(n.)

late 14c., "the exercising of restraint, refusal to give (something) up, that which is retained," verbal noun from withhold (v.).

also from late 14c.

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withhold(v.)

c. 1200, withholden "exercise restraint; keep back, keep in one's possession," from with- "back, away" (see with) + holden "to hold" (see hold (v.)). Probably a loan-translation of Latin retinere "to withhold."

Related: Withheld; withholder; withholding. Past participle form withholden was still used 19c. Sometimes in 14c. with the sense of withstand ("hold against") or uphold.

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