Meaning of WITHDRAWAL
| Pronunciation: | | widh'droul
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- [n] the act of withdrawing
- [n] the termination of drug taking
- [n] formal separation from an alliance or federation
- [n] the act of taking out money or other capital
- [n] a retraction of a previously held position
- [n] avoiding emotional involvement
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| | Synonyms: | | backdown, climb-down, detachment, drug withdrawal, secession |
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| | See Also: | | abandonment, abjuration, bank withdrawal, breakaway, breaking away, cold turkey, conclusion, decampment, defection, departure, desertion, disinvestment, effacement, ending, evacuation, going, going away, indifference, leaving, recantation, receding, recession, remotion, removal, retirement, retraction, retreat, self-effacement, separation, standdown, termination | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \With*draw"al\, n.
The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
--Fielding.
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| | Definition: | | The physical or psychological state experienced when substances are withdrawn from an addicted person. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Withdrawal is a method of contraception in which the male partner withdraws the penis from the vagina so that ejeculation of sperm does not happen inside the vagina. |
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