WITHDRAWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does withdrawn mean? 

• WITHDRAWN (adjective)
  The adjective WITHDRAWN has 2 senses:

1. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

2. tending to reserve or introspection

  Familiarity information: WITHDRAWN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITHDRAWN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

Synonyms:

recluse; reclusive; withdrawn

Context example:

lived an unsocial reclusive life

Similar:

unsocial (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions)

Derivation:

withdrawnness (a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tending to reserve or introspection

Synonyms:

indrawn; withdrawn

Context example:

a quiet indrawn man

Similar:

reserved (marked by self-restraint and reticence)

Derivation:

withdrawnness (a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner)

 Context examples 

EXAMPLE(S): Study subject not withdrawn as per protocol, excluded concomitant medication, treatment deviation.

(Performed Protocol Deviation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Carbutamide was one of the first sulfonylurea compounds used but was withdrawn from the market due to toxic effects on bone marrow.

(Carbutamide, NCI Thesaurus)

I have withdrawn by myself, many times today, to weep.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But you have not yet asked for anything; you have prayed a gift to be withdrawn: try again.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Phetharbital has generally been withdrawn from clinical use.

(Phetharbital, NCI Thesaurus)

Now that that evil influence had been withdrawn, a new life began for Dr. Jekyll.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Now, at the last moment, he is withdrawn and another and more formidable man put into his place.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has withdrawn from the window.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The wolves, which had withdrawn to a safe distance, followed in their wake, leaving us alone.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But when they had withdrawn, he said to her: Mrs. Bennet, before you take any or all of these houses for your son and daughter, let us come to a right understanding.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)