Withdrawal

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  • noun. The act or process of withdrawing, as.
  • noun. A retreat or retirement.
  • noun. The removal of people from a place, as in the removal of troops from a military position.
  • noun. Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.
  • noun. A removal of something that has been deposited, as in an account.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.
  • noun. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.
  • noun. The act or an instance of retracting or revoking.
  • noun. Coitus interruptus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of withdrawing or taking back; a recalling.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
  • noun. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
  • noun. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier
  • noun. An act of withdrawing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
  • noun. the termination of drug taking
  • noun. formal separation from an alliance or federation
  • noun. the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
  • noun. a retraction of a previously held position
  • noun. the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
  • noun. avoiding emotional involvement
  • noun. the act of withdrawing
  • noun. the act of taking out money or other capital
  • Word Usage
    "And the deadline Obama set to begin withdrawal is nine months away."
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