Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who withholds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who withholds.

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  • noun Agent noun of withhold; one who withholds.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who refrains from granting
  • noun a person who restrains or checks or holds back

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Examples

  • This sounds so mundane, but it is very big for me since I am generally a withholder.

    Mama Gena’s Marriage Manual Regena Thomashauer 2004

  • As Janet describes the incident, she is the innocent seeker of information and the teacher is the malicious withholder.

    The Unmotivated Child Ph.D Natalie Rathvon 1996

  • As Janet describes the incident, she is the innocent seeker of information and the teacher is the malicious withholder.

    The Unmotivated Child Ph.D Natalie Rathvon 1996

  • As Janet describes the incident, she is the innocent seeker of information and the teacher is the malicious withholder.

    The Unmotivated Child Ph.D Natalie Rathvon 1996

  • I didn't want to sound like a dunce or a withholder of crucial information, but I had to tell him, for my sake as well as his own, when I realized what her statements implied.

    Nine Princes In Amber Zelazny, Roger 1970

  • He is a power of evil, guardian of hoards, the greedy withholder of good things from men; and the slaying of a dragon is the crowning achievement of heroes -- of Siegmund, of

    The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

  • Otherwise Gower Woodseer's dash at the quintessential young man of wealth would prompt to the carrying of it further, and telling how the tethered flutterer above a 'devil on his back on a river' was beginning to pull if not drag his withholder and teaser.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Otherwise Gower Woodseer's dash at the quintessential young man of wealth would prompt to the carrying of it further, and telling how the tethered flutterer above a 'devil on his back on a river' was beginning to pull if not drag his withholder and teaser.

    The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Otherwise Gower Woodseer's dash at the quintessential young man of wealth would prompt to the carrying of it further, and telling how the tethered flutterer above a 'devil on his back on a river' was beginning to pull if not drag his withholder and teaser.

    The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

  • He wants you to die, you smotherer of pleasure, you denier of life, you withholder of joy.

    Irish Blogs 2009

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