The phrase "ability to withhold" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to refrain from giving information or to keep something back.
Example: "The committee has the ability to withhold information until the investigation is complete."
Alternatives: "capacity to retain" or "power to suppress".
"It's her ability to withhold her emotions," he says.
Response inhibition capacity (RIC), the ability to withhold instrumentally reinforced responses, is compromised in ADHD.
Spotify is caught in the middle, with artists' ability to withhold music one of their most potent weapons.
He also had one of the most valuable attributes a writer can claim an ability to withhold personal judgment.
The nonprofit groups, with their legal ability to withhold donors' names, offer an attractive alternative, he said.
He also had one of the most valuable attributes a writer can claim — an ability to withhold personal judgment.
"Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world.
Twitter has announced in a blog post a glorious new ability: "the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world".
Twitter has announced in a blog post a glorious new ability: "the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world". At last!
Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country -- while keeping it available in the rest of the world," Twitter wrote in a blog post.
But Twitter, a company that has described itself as the "free-speech wing of the free-speech party," announced in a post titled "Tweets Still Must Flow" that it now has the "ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country -- while keeping it available in the rest of the world".
