withdrawal

Meaning

Noun

• 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, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.
• An act of withdrawing.
• The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Related

Opposite words

• deposit

Origin

• From withdraw + -al.