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with·draw vb -drew, -drawn, -draw·ingvt1: to remove (money) from a place of deposit or investment2: to dismiss (a juror) from a jury3 a: to eliminate from consideration or set outside a category or groupwithdraw his candidacyb: to cease to proceed withwithdrew the question after an objection was sustainedc: to take backwithdraw a plead: to remove (a motion) from consideration under parliamentary procedurevi1: to remove oneself from participationwithdraw from a case; specif: to cease participation in a conspiracy by an affirmative act of renunciation esp. involving confession to the authorities or communication of abandonment to co-conspirators2: to remove a motion from consideration under parliamentary procedure
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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abandon, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abscond, absent oneself, abstract, back out, backtrack, cease, deduct, depart, desert, disappear, disassociate, disavow, disengage, disestablish, dissociate, draw out, evacuate, extract, invalidate, keep apart, leave, nullify, overrule, pull back, quash, quit, recall, recant, recede, relinquish, remove, renege, repeal, rescind, resign, retire, retract, retreat, reverse, revoke, secede, separate, sequester, sequestrate, subduce, subduct, subtract, surrender, takeaway, take back, unsheathe, vacate, wean
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abolish, abscond, adeem, annul, cancel, cease, debar, deduct (reduce), demit, depart, diminish, disavow, discontinue (abandon), disengage, disinherit, disinter, dissociate, ebb, evacuate, excise (cut away), extract, flee, forfeit, hold up (rob), invalidate, leave (depart), part (leave), quash, quit (discontinue), quit (evacuate), recall (call back), recant, recess, refrain, refuse, relinquish, remove (eliminate), renege, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resign, retire (retreat), retreat, revoke, secede, seclude, sequester (seclude), superannuate, vacate (leave)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To retreat; to remove or take away; to take money out of an account.n.withdrawal
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.