withdrawal Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a retraction of a previously held position
   backdown; climb-down.
   
2. noun the act of taking out money or other capital
   
3. noun the act of withdrawing
   
   • the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam
4. noun avoiding emotional involvement
   detachment.
   
5. noun the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
   
   • the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood
6. noun the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
   
7. noun a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
   pulling out; withdrawal method; coitus interruptus; onanism.
   
8. noun formal separation from an alliance or federation
   secession.
   
9. noun the termination of drug taking
   drug withdrawal.
   

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