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WITHDRAWAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of withdrawing
Example:
the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withdrawal"):
effacement; self-effacement (withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous)
retreat (the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant))
retirement; retreat (withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation)
evacuation (the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection)
decampment (breaking camp)
abandonment; defection; desertion (withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility)
pullback ((military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops))
retreat ((military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat)
receding; recession (the act of becoming more distant)
Derivation:
withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
withdraw (keep away from others)
withdraw (make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity)
withdraw (release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles)
withdraw (pull back or move away or backward)
withdraw (retire gracefully)
withdraw (break from a meeting or gathering)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The termination of drug taking
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withdrawal"):
cold turkey (complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Formal separation from an alliance or federation
Synonyms:
secession; withdrawal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withdrawal"):
breakaway; breaking away (the act of breaking away or withdrawing from)
Derivation:
withdraw (withdraw from active participation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
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; withdrawal method
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
birth control; birth prevention; family planning (limiting the number of children born)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The act of ceasing to participate in an activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
separation (the act of dividing or disconnecting)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The act of taking out money or other capital
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
remotion; removal (the act of removing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "withdrawal"):
bank withdrawal (the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank)
disinvestment (the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation)
Derivation:
withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sense 7
Meaning:
The act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
Example:
the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
remotion; removal (the act of removing)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A retraction of a previously held position
Synonyms:
backdown; climb-down; withdrawal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
abjuration; recantation; retraction (a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion)
Derivation:
withdraw (take back what one has said)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Avoiding emotional involvement
Synonyms:
detachment; withdrawal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("withdrawal" is a kind of...):
indifference (unbiased impartial unconcern)
Derivation:
withdraw (lose interest)
Context examples:
Measurements may also be indirect, by such assessments as respiratory rate and effort, withdrawal, guarding, or other appropriate assessment techniques.
(Pain Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): early or late occurrence of an activity, such as early withdrawal from study; higher/lower amount of a transfer, such as transfer of less study agent than planned
(Performed Administrative Activity Variance Reason, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Withdrawal signs and symptoms that present during the perinatal period and are caused by drug use by the pregnant mother.
(Perinatal Drug Withdrawal, NCI Thesaurus)
Therapy to help control nicotine withdrawal symptoms during tobacco cessation
(Nicotine Replacement, NCI Thesaurus)
Administration of nicotine may prevent nicotine craving and may help with the withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation.
(Nicotine lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)
As the samples and associated data are directly traceable back to the subject, it is possible to undertake actions such as sample withdrawal or the return of individual results.
(Identified Genomic Data and Samples, NCI Thesaurus)
It may affect fetal growth and result in withdrawal symptoms in the term infant.
(In Utero Drug Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)
Prolonged use may lead to dependence of the morphine type; withdrawal symptoms appear more rapidly than with morphine and are of shorter duration.
(Meperidine hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The response to withdrawal of the medical product (dechallenge) should be clinically plausible.
(Definitely Related to Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)
Delirium tremens is a serious type of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
(Delirium, NIH)
