withdrawing

transitive verb withdrew, withdrawn, withdrawing

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

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.