withdrawal

noun

1. a retraction of a previously held position

Similar word(s): backdown

Definition categories: communication, abjuration, recantation, retraction

2. the act of taking out money or other capital

Definition categories: act, remotion, removal

3. the act of withdrawing

- the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam

Definition categories: act, departure, going, leaving

4. avoiding emotional involvement

Similar word(s): detachment

Definition categories: feeling, indifference

5. the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.

- the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood

Definition categories: act, remotion, removal

6. the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

Definition categories: act, separation

7. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

Similar word(s): onanism

Definition categories: act

8. formal separation from an alliance or federation

Similar word(s): secession

Definition categories: act, separation

9. the termination of drug taking

Definition categories: act, conclusion, ending, termination