transitive verb withdrew -·drew′, withdrawn -·drawn′, withdrawing -·draw′·ing

1. 1. to take back or draw back; remove
   2. to remove from use, consideration, etc.
2. to retract or recall (a statement, etc.)

Etymology: ME withdrawen: see with- & draw

intransitive verb

1. to move back; go away; retreat
2. to remove oneself (from an organization, activity, society, etc.)
3. Psychiatry to retreat from reality, as in schizophrenia
4. in parliamentary procedure, to retract a motion, statement, etc.