withdrawal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: withdrawal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for withdrawal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
withdrawal n a retraction of a previously held position [syn: withdrawal, backdown, climb-down] the act of taking out money or other capital the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" avoiding emotional involvement Synonym(s): withdrawal, detachment the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood" the act of ceasing to participate in an activity a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation Synonym(s): coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism formal separation from an alliance or federation Synonym(s): secession, withdrawal the termination of drug taking Synonym(s): withdrawal, drug withdrawal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Withdrawal \With*draw"al\, n. The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. --Fielding.