withdrawal

Noun

• the termination of drug taking

• formal separation from an alliance or federation

• a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

• the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

• the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
  • the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood
    

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of withdrawing
  • the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam
    

• the act of taking out money or other capital

• a retraction of a previously held position

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  drug withdrawal , secession , coitus interruptus , withdrawal method , pulling out , onanism , detachment , backdown , climb-down