withdrawal

Meanings

Plural: withdrawals

Noun

• a retraction of a previously held position
• the act of taking out money or other capital
• the act of withdrawing
  • "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"
• avoiding emotional involvement
• the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
  • "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"
• the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
• a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
• formal separation from an alliance or federation
• the termination of drug taking
• Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
• A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
• A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
• An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
• The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Synonyms

backdown, climb-down, coitus interruptus, detachment, drug withdrawal, onanism, pulling out, secession, withdrawal method

Antonyms

deposit