C2

withdrawal

Meaning

  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 (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
  4. An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
  5. The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɪðˈdɹɔː(ə)l/
Etymology

From withdraw + -al.

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