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Adjective withdrawn has 2 senses
- recluse, reclusive, withdrawn - withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
Antonym: social (indirect, via unsocial)
- indrawn, withdrawn - tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
Antonym: unreserved (indirect, via reserved)
Verb withdraw has 12 senses
- withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
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- retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
--2 is one way to discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
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- disengage, withdraw - release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
--3 is one way to let go of, let go, release, relinquish
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- recall, call in, call back, withdraw - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
--4 is one way to take
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- swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
--5 is one way to renounce, repudiate
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- seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
--6 is one way to isolate, insulate
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- remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. 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"
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- adjourn, withdraw, retire - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
--8 is one way to close, fold, shut down, close down
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- bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
--9 is one way to retire
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- withdraw, draw, take out, draw off - 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"
--10 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Antonyms: deposit, bank
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- retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
--11 is one way to tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
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- retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw - 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"
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