withdrawal

  1. Noun.  Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
  2. Noun.  A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
  3. Noun.  A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.
  4. Noun.  An act of withdrawing.

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