Synonyms for withdraw
verb
To retire
depart, draw back, take leave; see retire 1, 3, retreat 1, 2.
To remove from use or circulation
revoke, rescind, abolish, repeal, annul, abrogate, veto, suppress, repress, retire, stamp out, declare illegal, ban, bar, nullify, repudiate, reverse, retract, throw overboard, invalidate, quash, dissolve.
Antonyms introduce, put on the record, establish*.
To remove
take away, draw away, pull out, pull back, switch; see also eliminate 1, remove 1.
See withdraw in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To move (something) from a position occupied:
remove, take, take away, take off, take out. See moveTo pull back in:
draw in, retract. See showTo 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 approachTo 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, give ground (or way). See forwardTo remove from association with:
abstract, detach, disassociate, disengage, dissociate. See assembleTo disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally:
abjure, recall, recant, retract, take back. See accept
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