withdrawal :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (15)

n. the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"

n. the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.; "the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"

n. the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

n. avoiding emotional involvement

n. the termination of drug taking

n. a retraction of a previously held position

n. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

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Fuzzynyms (11)

n. the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year

n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

n. the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement

n. (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

n. the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"

n. the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done; "the revocation of a law"

n. the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

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