WITHDREW Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

withdrew

verb

past tense of withdraw

as in retreated

to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable) the army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle

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as in renounced

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) withdrew the offer of surrender upon hearing the terms

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as in removed

to take away from a place or position withdrew her hand from the table

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Recent Examples of withdrew The airline withdrew an application for a third flyover planned for this coming weekend, the aviation authority said. — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 The union later withdrew that measure, but only after the council struck a deal to require new hotel projects to go through a more extensive approval process at City Hall. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Manhattan University, located in the Bronx, drew about 7% of its endowment in fiscal 2024 after facing deficits and withdrew another 7% in fiscal 2025, according to S&P Global Ratings. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Then Daniel Day-Lewis abruptly withdrew from the National Theatre’s 1989 staging of Hamlet — later citing emotional distress — which led director Richard Eyre (played in Elsinore by Johnny Flynn) to seek Charleson out as a replacement. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 In one case, an East Coast bank broke with two prominent detention center contractors after account holders – including Jersey City, New Jersey – withdrew more than $350 million. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 Sorsby eventually withdrew from college and gave up the fight, but the lawsuit lingers on — triggered by a state court order that had temporarily allowed Sorsby to play despite the NCAA longtime ban of players who gamble. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Jannik Sinner won the Wimbledon men’s singles title in July 2026, but withdrew from the Cincinnati Open due to a knee injury, the BBC reported on August 9. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 Aug. 2026 Fritz advanced to the final in 2024, but was defeated by Jannik Sinner (who just withdrew from the 2026 US Open with a knee injury) at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

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Lake Washington is a 200-foot-deep trough carved by glaciers that retreated 16,000 years ago.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Galliano retreated from public life for two years and was found guilty by a Paris court of public insults based on religion, race and ethnicity.

— Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2026

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Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Their virality comes at a time when the very generation that inspired them has largely renounced the label.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of renounced

Verb

But Boone removed him from the lineup before the top of the fourth, shifting José Caballero to shortstop and bringing in Amed Rosario to play third base.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
That arrest came roughly one-and-a-half-years removed from Cleveland being arrested for DUI.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of removed

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Anthony Gose, who was just recalled on the road trip, retired five consecutive batters.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Following the Channel 4/HBO sketch comedy show Da Ali G Show (2000-’04) and the 2002 Universal movie Ali G Indahouse, Cohen temporarily retired the character in 2007.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of retired

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But Joshi says mental health care is often treated as an afterthought in disaster situations, and resources can get pulled before people have fully made sense of the trauma.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Cheers erupted as video on Friday showed the first man – 30-year-old mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah – being pulled from the tunnel.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026