Withdrawal
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of withdrawing
(2) The termination of drug taking
(3) Formal separation from an alliance or federation
(4) The act of taking out money or other capital
(5) A retraction of a previously held position
(6) Avoiding emotional involvement
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
- A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
- A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier
- heroin withdrawal
- nicotine withdrawal
- An act of withdrawing.