withdraw in WordNet English dictionary

1. break from a meeting or gathering
   "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
   adjourn  withdraw  retire 
   
2. 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"
   retreat  pull back  back out  back away  crawfish  crawfish out  pull in one's horns  withdraw 
   
3. retire gracefully
   "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
   bow out  withdraw 
   
4. cause to be returned
   "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
   recall  call in  call back  withdraw 
   
5. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
   "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
   disengage  withdraw 
   
6. 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"
   withdraw  draw  take out  draw off 
   
7. pull back or move away or backward
   "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
   withdraw  retreat  pull away  draw back  recede  pull back  retire  move back 
   
8. 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"
   remove  take  take away  withdraw 
   
9. lose interest
   "he retired from life when his wife died"
   retire  withdraw 
   
10. withdraw from active participation
    "He retired from chess"
    retire  withdraw 
    
11. keep away from others
    "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
    seclude  sequester  sequestrate  withdraw 
    
12. take back what one has said
    "He swallowed his words"
    swallow  take back  unsay  withdraw