Synonyms for withdrawal
wɪðˈdrɔ əl, -ˈdrɔl, wɪθ-with·draw·al

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1. withdrawalnoun

   Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.

   Antonyms:
   deposit

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1. withdrawal

   Synonyms:
   departure, egress, ejection, exclusion, exit, expulsion, refusal, rejection

   Antonyms:
   access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, door, doorway, entrance, entrée, entry, gate, gateway, ingress, inlet, introduction, opening, penetration, portal

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1. withdrawal, backdown, climb-downnoun

   a retraction of a previously held position

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

2. withdrawalnoun

   the act of taking out money or other capital

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

3. withdrawalnoun

   the act of withdrawing

   "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"

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

4. withdrawal, detachmentnoun

   avoiding emotional involvement

   Synonyms:
   separation, insularity, drug withdrawal, onanism, insulation, backdown, climb-down, insularism, detachment, coitus interruptus, disengagement, withdrawal method, pulling out, secession, breakup

5. withdrawalnoun

   the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.

   "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"

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

6. withdrawalnoun

   the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

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

7. coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanismnoun

   a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

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

8. secession, withdrawalnoun

   formal separation from an alliance or federation

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

9. withdrawal, drug withdrawalnoun

   the termination of drug taking

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

Matched Categories

1. • Birth Control
   • Departure
   • Removal
   • Separation
   • Termination

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. withdrawalnoun

   Synonyms:
   abduction, withdrawing, removal, withdrawment

2. withdrawalnoun

   Synonyms:
   departure, exit, retirement, leave, going away

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1. withdrawalnoun

   Synonyms:
   retirement, retreat, retraction, recantation, disavowal

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1. List of paraphrases for "withdrawal":

   pullout, withdraw, removal, weaning, withdrawn, withdrawing, pullback, retreat, drawdown, disengagement, withdrawals, exit, shrinkage, pull-out, denunciation, retirement, removing, depositioning, revocation, retraction, checkout, withdrew, recall, evacuation, withdraws, take-down, departure, de-positioning, removed, repeal, deletion, set-aside, discontinuance

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. withdrawal

   Synonyms:
   Coitus interruptus

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1. Ted Futris:

   Importantly, we found that when couples are engaging in a negative conflict pattern like demand/withdrawal, expressions of gratitude and appreciation can counteract or buffer the negative effects of this type of interaction on marital stability.

2. Maya Angelou:

   A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

3. Margaritis Schinas:

   The EU 27 will not reopen the withdrawal agreement; we cannot accept a time limit to the backstop or a unilateral exit clause, we are listening and working with the UK government ... for an orderly withdrawal of the UK from the EU on March 29.

4. Gregory Meeks:

   Disentangling ourselves from the war in Afghanistan was never going to be easy, and for my friends who presume a clean solution for the withdrawal existed, I would welcome hearing what exactly a smooth withdrawal from a messy, chaotic, 20-year war looks like. In fact, I’ve yet to hear the clean withdrawal option, because I don’t believe one exists.

5. Joe Votel:

   I mean, from my perspective, once the decision to withdraw our forces was taken, I think what was required was a more deliberate plan, militarily and diplomatically, built around specific conditions that had to be worked with the Afghan government. And I think that extends to the military forces and making sure that they were up to the challenge that this withdrawal of U.S. and other coalition forces would present.