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Withdrawal   /wɪðdrˈɔəl/  /wɪθdrˈɔəl/   Listen
Withdrawal

noun
1.
A retraction of a previously held position.  Synonyms: backdown, climb-down.
2.
The act of taking out money or other capital.
3.
The act of withdrawing.
4.
Avoiding emotional involvement.  Synonym: detachment.
5.
The act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc..
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A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation.  Synonyms: coitus interruptus, onanism, pulling out, withdrawal method.
8.
Formal separation from an alliance or federation.  Synonym: secession.
9.
The termination of drug taking.  Synonym: drug withdrawal.



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"Withdrawal" Quotes from Famous Books



... tears. This was her Karl—he with whom all the world grieved! She recalled the editorials in the scientific papers, telling of the things he had done, the things it had been believed by them all he would achieve. This was her Karl!—this man whose withdrawal from active participation had been told of by great scientists everywhere as a world-wide calamity. How quiet and unassuming and simple he had been about it all—he whose stepping-out had been felt ...
— The Glory Of The Conquered • Susan Glaspell

... June 4 they had been required to hand in their guns. Some of them had done so, but they needed them for protection against the wild beasts, which were more numerous since the Indians had left these parts. The possession of a gun did not induce them to rebel, neither did the withdrawal of the weapon render them more faithful. Loyalty was a matter of conscience. If they decided to remain faithful, they wished to know what were the lieutenant-governor's intentions ...
— The Acadian Exiles - A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline • Arthur G. Doughty

... have sanctioned more decidedly or more publicly the unjustifiable spoliation of the Sardinian king. Such a proceeding cannot but appear inconsistent to such as are aware only of his apparent quarrel with this monarch, and the withdrawal of his ambassador from Turin. To those, on the contrary, who have knowledge of, and consider his secret conference with, the Piedmontese Envoys at Chambery, and the violent attack on the Papal States, which, notwithstanding ...
— Pius IX. And His Time • The Rev. AEneas MacDonell

... are mortuary and anniversary masses for the dead continued, and why does he not return or permit the withdrawal of the endowments founded on their behalf, since it is wrong to pray ...
— Works of Martin Luther - With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) • Martin Luther

... life—farmers, saddlers, blacksmiths, builders, corn dealers, road-makers, hedgers, farriers, grooms, and half a score other sorts of toilers derive their living from feeding, harnessing, and tending the horses, and the withdrawal of such a sportsman as Mr. "Abington" from Newmarket would inflict a terrible blow on hundreds of industrious persons who lead perfectly useful and harmless lives. My point is, that racing (as racing) is in no way noxious; it is the most ...
— The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions - Joints In Our Social Armour • James Runciman


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