• Withdrawal

    Origin

    From withdraw + -al.

    Full definition of withdrawal

    Noun

    withdrawal

    (plural withdrawals)
    1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
    2. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
    3. 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 modifierheroin withdrawalnicotine withdrawal
    4. An act of withdrawing.

    Antonyms

    • (receiving from someone's care) deposit
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