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Noun: withdrawal widh'dro(u)l- A retraction of a previously held position
- backdown, climb-down - The act of taking out money or other capital
- The act of withdrawing
"the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" - Avoiding emotional involvement
- detachment - 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- A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
- coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, pulling out, onanism - Formal separation from an alliance or federation
- secession - The termination of drug taking
- drug withdrawal
Derived forms: withdrawals See also: withdraw Type of: abjuration, birth control, birth prevention, conclusion, departure, ending, family planning, going, going away, indifference, leaving, recantation, remotion, removal, retraction, separation, termination Encyclopedia: Withdrawal |