withhold

retenir, taire

Choisir de ne pas donner une information, une autorisation ou autre chose que quelqu’un demande.

En anglais simple : To choose not to give information, permission, or something else that someone wants.

• She withheld her name.
• The council has withheld permission for the new building.
• Why did you withhold those details from the police?

Comment l'utiliser : withhold something from someone (They withheld important information from us.)

Synonymes : hold back, keep back

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : withhold information, withhold consent, withhold someone’s name

retenir, garder

Garder un objet au lieu de le rendre à son propriétaire.

En anglais simple : To keep an object instead of returning it to the person who owns it.

• The officer withheld my passport.
• They withheld her belongings until she paid the bill.
• The bank is withholding his card.

Comment l'utiliser : withhold something from someone (The landlord withheld the keys from their owner.)

Synonymes : retain, keep

Contraires : return

Expressions courantes : withhold someone’s passport, withhold someone’s property, withhold someone’s documents

s’abstenir

Se retenir de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To stop yourself from doing something.

• I shall withhold from speaking.
• He withheld from asking further questions.
• They chose to withhold from judging her actions.

Comment l'utiliser : withhold from doing something (She withheld from commenting on the dispute.)

Synonymes : refrain, abstain

Expressions courantes : withhold from speaking, withhold from asking