Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/August 27

1. (transitive)
   1. To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
      1. To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
      2. (archaic) To draw or pull (a bolt, curtain, veil, or other object) aside.
   2. To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
   3. To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
   4. To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
   5. (figuratively)
      1. To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
      2. To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
      3. To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
      4. To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
   6. (archaic or obsolete) To distract or divert (someone) from a course of action, a goal, etc.
   7. (banking, finance) To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
2. (intransitive)
   1. Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
      1. (specifically, military) Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
   2. Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.
   3. To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
   4. To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
   5. Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.

withdraw n (obsolete)

1. An act of drawing back or removing; a removal, a withdrawal or withdrawing.
2. (law) Synonym of withdraught (“a dismissal of a lawsuit with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit; a retraxit; also, a fine imposed on a plaintiff for such a dismissal”)