Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdrawkeep away from others“He sequestered himself in his study to write a book”
(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”