Hyphenation of withhold

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word withhold? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

with-hold

Definitions of withhold:

1.	Hold back Refuse to hand over or share The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room
2.	Retain and refrain from disbursing Of payments My employer is withholding taxes

Synonyms of withhold:

verb	keep back, deny, refuse
verb	deduct, recoup, keep, hold on

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.