See withhold in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to keep an object",
"word": "oftēon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep an object",
"word": "reter"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udérživatʹ",
"sense": "to keep an object",
"word": "уде́рживать"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uderžátʹ",
"sense": "to keep an object",
"word": "удержа́ть"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep an object",
"word": "retener"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep an object",
"word": "negar"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "كتم"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skrivam",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "скривам"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "premǎlčavam",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "премълчавам"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "retenir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐnmán",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "隐瞒"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep information",
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],
"word": "ponechat si"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep information",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "utajit"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep information",
"tags": [
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"word": "zatajit"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep information",
"tags": [
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"word": "ututlat"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to keep information",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zadržet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "pitää omana tietonaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "zurückhalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "vorenthalten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "elhallgat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "privar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "utáivatʹ",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "ута́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umálčivatʹ",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "ума́лчивать"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "retener"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "negar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "rehusar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to keep information",
"word": "reservar"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "إستئثار"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spiram",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "спирам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udǎržam",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "удържам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "retenir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎoliú",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "保留"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kòuliú",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "扣留"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podržet si"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to retain",
"tags": [
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"word": "odepřít"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to retain",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "odmítnout"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "onthouden"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "onttrekken (aan)"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "evätä"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to retain",
"word": "vorenthalten"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "visszatart"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to retain",
"word": "meko"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "reter"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "retener"
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"ref": "1972, Robert Kaufman, Inside Scientology: How I Joined Scientology and Became Superhuman, →ISBN, page 150:",
"text": "I was afraid to go into review for the help I needed because of the withholds I had against the organization, withholds acquired at the franchise: our late evening discussions, our kidding around at the expense of other Scientologists.",
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"ref": "1976, Nathaniel Lande, Mindstyles, Lifestyles, →ISBN, page 133:",
"text": "Dianetics is concerned with purifying the individual of negative emotions, evil spirits, overts, and withholds.",
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"ref": "2022, Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology, →ISBN, pages 138–9:",
"text": "The scientology theory is that marriages fail because one or both partners have undisclosed withholds, and when they confess these to their spouse their desire to end the relationship is dissipated and the marriage is saved.",
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