withdrawal   (Sound)

The noun withdrawal has 9 senses

• withdrawal, backdown, climb-down -- (a retraction of a previously held position)


• withdrawal -- (the act of taking out money or other capital)


• withdrawal -- (the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam")


• withdrawal, detachment -- (avoiding emotional involvement)


• withdrawal -- (the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood")


• withdrawal -- (the act of ceasing to participate in an activity)


• coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism -- (a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation)


• secession, withdrawal -- (formal separation from an alliance or federation)


• withdrawal, drug withdrawal -- (the termination of drug taking)