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withdrawal Definition


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withdrawal
noun
    1. The act or process of withdrawing.
      Thesaurus: disengagement, exodus, retreat; Antonym: advance.
    2. A removal of funds from a bank account.
      Form: make a withdrawal (usually)
    3. medicine.
      The breaking of an addiction to drugs, etc, with associated physical and psychological symptoms.
    4. A retreat into silence and self-absorption.
    5. An unreliable method of contraception in which the penis is removed from the vagina before ejaculation has occurred. Also called coitus interruptus.
      Form: withdrawal method (in full)


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