withdraw

(wĭTH-drô', wĭth-)

v., -drew (-drū'), -drawn (-drôn'), -draw·ing, -draws.

v.tr.

1. 1. To take back or away; remove.
   2. To remove (money) from an account.
   3. To turn away (one's gaze, for example).
   4. To draw aside: withdrew the curtain.
2. 1. To remove from consideration or participation: withdrew her application; withdrew his son from the race.
   2. To recall or retract: withdrew the accusation.

v.intr.

1. 1. To move or draw back; retire.
   2. To retreat from a battlefield.
2. 1. To remove oneself from active participation: withdrew from the competition.
   2. To become detached from social or emotional involvement.
3. To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure.
4. 1. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance.
   2. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.

[Middle English withdrawen : with, away from; see with + drawen, to pull; see draw.]

withdrawable with·draw'a·ble adj.
withdrawer with·draw'er n.

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verb

1. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take, take away, take off, take out. See move/halt.
2. To pull back in: draw in, retract. See show/hide.
3. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave¹, pull out, quit, retire, run (along). Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow¹, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach/retreat.
4. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: draw back, fall back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat. Idioms: beat a retreat, givegroundway. See forward/backward.
5. To remove from association with: abstract, detach, disassociate, disengage, dissociate. See assemble/disassemble.
6. To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally: abjure, recall, recant, retract, take back. See accept/reject.

v

Definition: remove something or someone from situation
Antonyms: remain, stay

v

Definition: retract; declare void
Antonyms: advance, allow, permit

IN BRIEF: To remove. Also: To leave, retire or resign.

I will withdraw from the room after I make my speech.

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For a list of words related to withdraw, see:

• Directions - withdraw: pull back; retreat
• Reasoning and Informing - withdraw: take back an earlier statement

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Common misspelling(s) of withdraw

• withdrawl

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - trække tilbage, trække bort, inddrage, hæve
v. intr. - trække sig tilbage

Nederlands (Dutch)
(zich) terugtrekken, intrekken

Français (French)
v. tr. - renoncer à, rétracter, (Mil) retirer (des troupes), (Pol) rappeler (un ambassadeur), (Comm) retirer (de la vente)
v. intr. - se retirer, se désister, (Mil) abandonner (sa position), (Psych) se replier

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich zurückziehen, zurückziehen, zurücknehmen, (Geld) abheben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποσύρω/-ομαι, σύρω, τραβώ, σέρνω, ανακαλώ, αποτραβιέμαι, αποξενώνομαι κοινωνικά ή συναισθηματικά, τραβιέμαι

Italiano (Italian)
riservato, ritirarsi, disdire, ritirare, ritrattare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - retirar(-se), retratar

Русский (Russian)
отнимать, отдергивать, брать назад, отказываться, изымать, брать свои слова назад, аннулировать, уходить, отстраняться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - retirar, apartar, retractar, desdecir
v. intr. - replegarse, retirarse, apartarse, retirar una moción

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dra tillbaka, ta tillbaka, dra in, upphäva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
撤回, 撤消, 取回, 撤退, 离开

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 撤回, 撤消, 取回
v. intr. - 撤退, 離開

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 움츠리다, 회수하다, 거두다
v. intr. - 물러나다, 철수하다, 탈퇴하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 引っ込める, 退ける, 退く, 引き出す, 取り出す, 撤回する, 引っ込む, 取り下げる, 回収する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينسحب, يسترد, يسترجع, يسحب, يصرف, يتراجع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮משך, הוציא, משך כסף, נסוג, הסיג, יצא, לקח בחזרה, ביטל, עזב‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתלק, נחבא אל הכלים‬

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