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1. Pull back or move away or backward
   "The enemy withdrew"
   - retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
    
2. Withdraw from active participation
   - retire
    
3. Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
   - disengage
    
4. Cause to be returned
   - recall, call in, call back
    
5. Take back what one has said
   - swallow, take back, unsay
    
6. Keep away from others
   - seclude, sequester, sequestrate
    
7. Break from a meeting or gathering
   - adjourn, retire
    
8. Retire gracefully
   - bow out
    
9. Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
   - draw, take out, draw off
    
10. Lose interest
    - retire
     
11. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
    - retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish [N. Amer], crawfish out [N. Amer], pull in one's horns, crayfish [US]
     
12. Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
    - remove, take, take away

Derived forms: withdrew, withdrawing, withdrawn, withdraws

See also: withdrawal, withdrawer

Type of: cease, close, close down, close up, discontinue, disown, fatigue, fold, give up, go, insulate, isolate, jade, lay off, let go, let go of, locomote, move, pall, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, retire, shut down, stop, take, tire, travel, weary

Antonym: deposit

Encyclopedia: Withdraw