with·draw vb -drew, -drawn, -draw·ing
vt
1: to remove (money) from a place of deposit or investment
2: to dismiss (a juror) from a jury
3 a: to eliminate from consideration or set outside a category or group
withdraw his candidacy
b: to cease to proceed with
withdrew the question after an objection was sustained
c: to take back
withdraw a plea
d: to remove (a motion) from consideration under parliamentary procedure
vi
1: to remove oneself from participation
withdraw 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-conspirators
2: to remove a motion from consideration under parliamentary procedure
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.