withdrawal
- Noun. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
- Noun. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
- 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.
- Noun. An act of withdrawing.
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