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withdrawal (n.)

1820s, "act of taking back," also "retraction of a statement," from withdraw + -al (2). Earlier words in the same sense were withdrawment (1640s); withdraught (mid-14c.). Meaning "removal of money from a bank, etc." is from 1861; psychological sense is from 1916; meaning "physical reaction to the cessation of an addictive substance" is from 1929 (with an isolated use from 1897; withdrawal symptom is from 1910). As a synonym for coitus interruptus from 1889.

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Definitions of withdrawal from WordNet

withdrawal (n.)
a retraction of a previously held position;
Synonyms: backdown / climb-down
withdrawal (n.)
the act of taking out money or other capital;
withdrawal (n.)
the act of withdrawing;
the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam
withdrawal (n.)
avoiding emotional involvement;
Synonyms: detachment
withdrawal (n.)
the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.;
the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood
withdrawal (n.)
the act of ceasing to participate in an activity;
withdrawal (n.)
a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation;
Synonyms: coitus interruptus / withdrawal method / pulling out / onanism
withdrawal (n.)
formal separation from an alliance or federation;
Synonyms: secession
withdrawal (n.)
the termination of drug taking;
Synonyms: drug withdrawal
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