Comfort
Withhold
Withhold verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Comfort and withhold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Comfort" instead a verb "Withhold".
Nearby Word: withholding
Common collocations
| daughter | comfort daughter | withhold daughter |
Both words in one sentence
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Van Helsing withhold information from the heroes and committed some serious mistakes, he had good reason for it, since he wanted to be definitely sure of what he was dealing with, and had the decency to be apologetic and comfort Dracula's victims.
Source: Film / Bram Stoker's Dracula
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