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Withdraw application

To formally take back a job application that has already been submitted so that it is no longer considered.

In plain English

This means officially cancelling an application after it has been sent in. You are taking it back from the employer, so it stops being part of the selection process.

In context

Here, it means an action that lets a person formally take back a submitted job application so it is no longer considered.

Situation
Applying for jobs, reading vacancy labels, and following recruitment status
What it communicates
lets the user remove an active application from consideration.

Meaning limits

The term itself does not say why the application is being taken back or describe anything beyond it no longer being considered.

Examples

“After accepting another offer, she withdrew her application for the teaching post.”

Core meaning

“She asked the recruiter to withdraw her application before the interview date.”

In context

  • withdraw Broader Term

    Withdrawing a job application is one specific kind of withdrawing something formally.

  • submit application Opposite

    Submitting sends the application for consideration, while withdrawing removes it from consideration after submission.