The difference between Abrogate and Withdraw

When used as verbs, abrogate means to annul by an authoritative act, whereas withdraw means to pull (something) back, aside, or away.


Abrogate is also adjective with the meaning: abrogated.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abrogate and Withdraw

  1. Abrogate as a verb (transitive):

    To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.

  2. Abrogate as a verb (transitive):

    To put an end to; to do away with.

  3. Abrogate as a verb (molecular biology, transitive):

    To block a process or function.

  1. Abrogate as an adjective (archaic):

    Abrogated; abolished.

  1. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To pull (something) back, aside, or away.

  2. Withdraw as a verb (intransitive):

    To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.

  3. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To take back (a comment, etc).

    Examples:

    "to withdraw false charges"

  4. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).

  5. Withdraw as a verb (transitive):

    To extract (money from an account).

  6. Withdraw as a verb (intransitive):

    To retreat.

  7. Withdraw as a verb (intransitive):

    To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.