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1. A retraction of a previously held position
   - backdown, climb-down
    
2. The act of taking out money or other capital
    
3. The act of withdrawing
   "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"
    
4. Avoiding emotional involvement
   - detachment
    
5. The act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
   "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"
    
6. The act of ceasing to participate in an activity
    
7. A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
   - coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, pulling out, onanism [formal]
    
8. Formal separation from an alliance or federation
   - secession
    
9. The termination of drug taking
   - drug withdrawal

Derived forms: withdrawals

Type of: abjuration, birth control, birth prevention, conclusion, departure, ending, family planning, going, going away, indifference, leaving, recantation, remotion, removal, retraction, separation, termination

Encyclopedia: Withdrawal