WITH DRAWS Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

withdraws

verb

present tense third-person singular of withdraw

as in retreats

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 renounces

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 removes

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

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Recent Examples of withdraws Israel wants to disarm Hezbollah immediately before the Israeli military ends its operations in Lebanon and withdraws its troops from dozens of villages and towns. —

Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 Jasmine withdraws much of the time. —

Larissa MacFarquhar, New Yorker, 28 May 2026 Hezbollah has vowed to fight until the war ends in Lebanon and Israel withdraws its troops who operate across large swaths of the country’s south. —

Nick Duffy, NBC news, 27 May 2026 Hezbollah is attacking Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and northern Israeli towns and has vowed to continue fighting until Israel stops its daily airstrikes and withdraws its troops from the country. —

Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 26 May 2026 The mechanism amplifies gains on the way up and withdraws support on the way down. —

Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 University officials deactivated the group the same day they were notified, citing campus policies that allow suspension of student organizations when a parent or governing body withdraws recognition or when groups violate state law. —

Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 What to read next The USSR withdraws troops from the border with Afghanistan, as Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev abandons invasion plans to focus his resources on the Space Race. —

Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Each retiree withdraws $50,000 per year. —

Doug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

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Tortorello said O’Mara would say Mass in the morning with the sisters, the students and staff, and also presided over the large, all-school masses and the Kairos retreats.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Her 50-something protagonist, Alan Anderson, and his socially striving wife Vivian, are at least about to start thinking about where their family is going to go, once Alan retreats to a backyard playhouse.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026