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Withdrawal(medicine)
withdrawal(dictionary)
Withdrawal(health)
Early withdrawal(money)
In-service withdrawal(money)
Withdrawal plan(money)
Automatic withdrawal(finance)
Withdrawal plan(finance)
withdrawal symptoms(dictionary)

withdrawal (iou)



withdrawal noun. E19.
[from WITHDRAW verb + -AL1, repl. the earlier WITHDRAWMENT.]
The act of retiring or retreating from a place or position. E19.
b. Psychiatry & Psychology. The state or process of psychic retreat from objective reality or social involvement. E20.
The act of taking back or away what has been granted, possessed, etc. M19.
b. The removal of money etc. from a place of deposit. M19.
The act of withdrawing a person or thing from a place or position; esp. the removal of troops by way of retreat. M19.
b. Education. The (usu. temporary) withdrawal of a child from class for remedial teaching. M20.
The retraction of a statement, proposal, etc. M19.
Cessation of use or provision of a drug; spec. the interruption of doses of an addictive drug, with resulting craving and physical reactions. L19.
D. W. Goodwin The better the taste of the food, the harder the withdrawal.
= COITUS interruptus. L19.
Comb.: withdrawal slip a form which must be filled in when withdrawing money from a bank etc.; withdrawal symptoms unpleasant pathophysiological reactions resulting from the process of ceasing to take an addictive drug.