English Online Dictionary. What means withdrawal? What does withdrawal mean?
English
Etymology
From withdraw + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔː(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː(ə)l/
- (US) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɔ(ə)l/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɑ(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɑ(ə)l/
- (informal, US) IPA(key): /ˈwɪθˌdɹɔːl/
- (intrusive r) IPA(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔːɹəl/, /wɪθˈdɹɔːɹəl/
Noun
withdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)
- 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 (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
- heroin withdrawal
- nicotine withdrawal
- caffeine withdrawal
- An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
- The sum of money taken from a bank account.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “receiving from someone's care”): deposit