Synonyms of withholding (from)

withholding (from)

verb

present participle of withhold (from)

as in keeping (from)

to resist the temptation of

please see if you can withhold from criticizing every little thing she says

Synonyms & Similar Words

• keeping (from)
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• avoiding
• foregoing
• denying
• forgoing
• forbearing
• refusing
• abjuring
• shunning
• curbing
• eschewing
• checking
• constraining
• inhibiting
• combatting
• rejecting
• combating
• fighting
• repudiating
• bucking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• bowing (to)
• surrendering (to)
• succumbing (to)
• giving in (to)
• conceding (to)
• acquiescing (to)
• knuckling under (to)
• capitulating