keep back

1. Secure and keep for possible future use or application (synset 202288169)
   "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
   is a type of: hold on, keep - retain possession of
   subtypes: hold down - keep
   same as: hold, hold back, retain
2. Hold back;
   Refuse to hand over or share (synset 202218472)
   "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
   is a type of: deny, refuse - refuse to let have
   subtypes:

   • block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
   • keep to oneself - withhold information
   • deny - refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
   • reserve - hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
   • immobilise, immobilize - hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
   • deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
   same as: withhold
3. Prevent the action or expression of (synset 200233707)
   "hold back your anger"; "keep your cool"; "she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays"
   subtypes:

   • hold - keep from exhaling or expelling
   • blink, blink away, wink - keep back by blinking
   • harness, rein, rule - keep in check
   • baffle, regulate - restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
   • swallow - keep from expressing
   • confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed
   • check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
   same as: hold back, keep, restrain

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