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withdraw /widh-dröˈ or with-dröˈ/ transitive verb (pat withdrew /-drooˈ/; pap withdrawnˈ)- To draw back or away
- To take back or away
- To cause (troops) to retire
- To take (money, savings, etc) from deposit or investment
- To remove (with from)
- To cancel or discontinue (a service, offer, etc)
- To deflect, turn aside (rare)
- To recall, retract, unsay
intransitive verb- To retire
- To go away
- To back out of a contest or other activity
- (with from) to stop oneself taking (a drug to which one is addicted)
- To become uncommunicative or unresponsive
- To take back what one has said, or to recall a motion one has proposed
ORIGIN: Pfx with- against, back, and draw withdrawˈal noun - An act or gradual process of withdrawing
- Retreat, esp if unforced
- The removal of money from a bank account
- The breaking of a drug addiction, with associated physical and psychological symptoms
- A retreat into silence and self-absorption
- (also withdrawal method) coitus interruptus, interruption of sexual intercourse before ejaculation of semen, as a means of contraception
withdrawˈer noun withdrawˈment noun (rare) withdrawnˈ adjective - (of a person, manner, etc) detached
- Uncommunicative, unresponsive, shy or reserved
- Introverted
- (of a place) secluded
- Remote
withdrawal symptom noun Any of a number of symptoms such as pain, nausea or sweating, experienced by someone being deprived of a drug to which he or she is addicted withdrawˈing-room noun (archaic) - A room used to retire into
- A drawing room
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