Dictionary
withdrawal
Meaning
- 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 (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
- An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
- The sum of money taken from a bank account.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɪðˈdɹɔː(ə)l/
Etymology
From withdraw + -al.
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