Withdrawal Definition
withdrawal
- noun
- a retraction of a previously held position
- the act of taking out money or other capital
- the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"
- avoiding emotional involvement
- 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- a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
- formal separation from an alliance or federation
- the termination of drug taking
Words that rhyme with withdrawal
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