a retraction of a previously held position

avoiding emotional involvement

the termination of drug taking

formal separation from an alliance or federation

the act of taking out money or other capital

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Act of withdrawing.

The act of withdrawing or taking back; a recalling from a certain position.

The act of taking back; a recalling.

Once or twice, delicately, he suggested withdrawal from the evening's dissipation. – The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by William J. Locke

Mary had declared that she would not withdraw her word,- that only from her own mouth was to be taken her intention of such withdrawal, and that such intention she certainly would never utter. – An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope

He had already reached such an advanced stage of dependence upon it that its withdrawal would now leave him weak, helpless, and almost distracted for a time. – Without a Home by E. P. Roe

Index: Md Enters J. A. Macdonald's law office as a student, 6; forms partnership with Macdonald, 10; his letter to Macdonald on the political situation, 31; postmaster- general in first Dominion Cabinet, 134; consults Imperial government as to proposed withdrawal of troops from Canada, Fenian Raids, etc. – The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

I remember nothing you have said that needs withdrawal. – A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr

Her first impulse was to go to Liot with the story of the interview, but her second was a positive withdrawal of it. – Prisoners of Conscience by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Convincing evidence that they believed we should not be heard from again was furnished when the withdrawal of the great curtain of cloud began. – Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett Putman Serviss

As might be expected, the story told by the Mussulmans was very different, the miracle, if they are to be believed, having been performed on their behalf, and their withdrawal from before the city having been caused by a totally different occurrence. – Claimants to Royalty by John H. Ingram

There is one broad criticism which may fairly he passed upon Sedgwick's withdrawal across the Rappahannock. – The Campaign of Chancellorsville by Theodore A. Dodge

M. Gramont now arrived at the palace with his report of the interview with Werther, in which the latter had persistently declared that the king had nothing whatever to do with Leopold's withdrawal. – Studies in Literature and History by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall

Who ordered the withdrawal of the deputy? – From the Valley of the Missing by Grace Miller White

One by one men pass out of the warmth and light into the darkness, and so gradually does the withdrawal proceed that we scarcely are aware of its going on, but at last 'all that generation' has vanished. – Expositions of Holy Scripture Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

Commence withdrawal of vessels from blockade. – Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White

But the withdrawal has a deadly significance of animal life.... – The Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009

A bill for the American expansion of the Church of England, as a branch to be severed from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London and to be planted in the colonies under a bishop with full ecclesiastical powers, was prepared and was ready for presentation in Parliament when the Queen's death, August 1, 1714, caused its withdrawal, and felled the hopes of Churchmen. – The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.

But the profanations of this kind are more or less grievous according to the quality of the truth and the consequent faith, and according to the quality of the good and the consequent life, and according to the quality of the withdrawal from these; and therefore there are many specific differences in this profanation. – Spiritual Life and the Word of God by Emanuel Swedenborg

The withdrawal of her daughter's hand waked the sleeper with a start. – When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

To neglect an order of this kind might result in the withdrawal of the protection that had saved my life, and in turning me over to the mercies of the banditti who thought I knew something of the whereabouts of a boy. – Blindfolded by Earle Ashley Walcott