Withdraw (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">withdraw</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that withdraw can be written as recede)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for recede that I've seen before include "Decline" , "Become more distant" , "Start balding" , "Go backwards" , "Withdraw" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">withdraw</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(both can mean to go back)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for retire that I've seen before include "Give up the job and go to bed" , "Leave job permanently (6)" , "Go to bed or quit work for good" , "Step down" , "Finish following one's career" .)
(Other definitions for revoke that I've seen before include "Rescind (e.g. permission)" , "Cancel (a decree, etc)" , "Annul by recalling" , "Withdraw or cancel, say a licence" , "'Officially cancel, a licence say (6)'" .)
(Other definitions for recant that I've seen before include "Go back on former belief" , "Renounce a former opinion or belief" , "Formally reject a former belief" , "Revoke a former declaration" , "Go back on a statement of belief" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">withdraw</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for retract that I've seen before include "Take back what was said" , "Eat one's words" , "Take back (statement)" , "Pull back (statements or claws, perhaps)" , "Sheathe" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">withdraw</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that extract is a more specific form of the action the withdraw)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for extract that I've seen before include "Part" , "Derive, distil" , "Draw out - distillation" , "Draw out by force" , "essence" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">withdraw</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rescind that I've seen before include "Cancel (regulation)" , "Annul using cinders" , "undo" , "Cinders (anag.)" , "Set aside law" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">withdraw</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that withdraw can be written as retreat)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for retreat that I've seen before include "snug" , "Withdraw from battle" , "asylum" , "Give ground" , "Tree rat (anag)" .)
(Other definitions for dropout that I've seen before include "Student who fails to complete a college course" , "Early university leaver" , "Person with alternative lifestyle" , "Free spirit" , "Further education deserter" .)