Verbs

(v)withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backpull back or move away or backward“The enemy withdrew”, “The limo pulled away from the curb”
(v)retire, withdrawwithdraw from active participation“He retired from chess”
(v)disengage, withdrawrelease from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles“I want to disengage myself from his influence”, “disengage the gears”
(v)recall, call in, call back, withdrawcause to be returned“recall the defective auto tires”, “The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt”
(v)swallow, take back, unsay, withdrawtake back what one has said“He swallowed his words”
(v)seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdrawkeep away from others“He sequestered himself in his study to write a book”
(v)adjourn, withdraw, retirebreak from a meeting or gathering“We adjourned for lunch”, “The men retired to the library”
(v)bow out, withdrawretire gracefully“He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship”
(v)withdraw, draw, take out, draw offremove (a commodity) from (a supply source)“She drew $2,000 from the account”, “The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank”
(v)retire, withdrawlose interest“he retired from life when his wife died”
(v)retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity“We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him”, “He backed out of his earlier promise”, “The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns”
(v)remove, take, take away, withdraw, take off, pullremove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract“remove a threat”, “remove a wrapper”, “Remove the dirty dishes from the table”, “take the gun from your pocket”, “This machine withdraws heat from the environment”, “Take that weight off me!”, “pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf”