WITHDRAW

remove, take, take away, withdraw

(verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; “remove a threat”; “remove a wrapper”; “Remove the dirty dishes from the table”; “take the gun from your pocket”; “This machine withdraws heat from the environment”

seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw

(verb) keep away from others; “He sequestered himself in his study to write a book”

swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

(verb) take back what one has said; “He swallowed his words”

retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

(verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; “We’ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him”; “He backed out of his earlier promise”; “The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns”

disengage, withdraw

(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; “I want to disengage myself from his influence”; “disengage the gears”

retire, withdraw

(verb) lose interest; “he retired from life when his wife died”

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

(verb) pull back or move away or backward; “The enemy withdrew”; “The limo pulled away from the curb”

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

(verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); “She drew $2,000 from the account”; “The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital’s emergency bank”

recall, call in, call back, withdraw

(verb) cause to be returned; “recall the defective auto tires”; “The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt”

retire, withdraw

(verb) withdraw from active participation; “He retired from chess”

adjourn, withdraw, retire

(verb) break from a meeting or gathering; “We adjourned for lunch”; “The men retired to the library”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)

(transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.

(intransitive) To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.

(transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).

(transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.

(transitive) To extract (money from an account).

(intransitive) To retreat.

(intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (take back): recant, unsay; See also recant

Source: Wiktionary

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With*draw", v. t. [imp. Withdrew; p. p. Withdrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Withdrawing.] Etym: [With against + draw.]

1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. Hooker.

2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges.

With*draw", v. i.

Definition: To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company. "When the sea withdrew." King Horn.

Syn.

– To recede; retrograde; go back.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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