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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (9)

1. a retraction of a previously held position;
[syn: withdrawal, backdown, climb-down]

2. the act of taking out money or other capital;

3. the act of withdrawing;
- Example: "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"

4. avoiding emotional involvement;
[syn: withdrawal, detachment]

5. the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.;
- Example: "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"

6. the act of ceasing to participate in an activity;

7. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation;
[syn: coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism]

8. formal separation from an alliance or federation;
[syn: secession, withdrawal]

9. the termination of drug taking;
[syn: withdrawal, drug withdrawal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Withdrawal \With*draw"al\, n.
   The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
   --Fielding.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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       the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation [syn: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