withdrawal

Definitions of withdrawal in various dictionaries:

noun - a retraction of a previously held position

noun - the act of taking out money or other capital

noun - the act of withdrawing

noun - avoiding emotional involvement

noun - the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.

noun - the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

noun - a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

noun - formal separation from an alliance or federation

noun - the termination of drug taking

A retreat or retirement.

Retreat of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat.

Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.

A removal from a place or position of something that has been deposited.

Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.

The physiological and mental re adj ustment that accompanies such discontinuation.

The act or an instance of retracting or revoking: feared the withdrawal of his parents’ permission.