withdrawal

CEFRB2

/wɪðˈdɹɔː(ə)l/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
The act of moving away, removing something, or taking out money.
02
noun
Extra detail
A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.

Examples

In the financial world opposition is apparently increasing against the withdrawal of the proposed bill.
The withdrawal symptoms are more severe than I thought.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.

In context

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In view of the second aspect of its control function, the Federal Reserve Board prohibits, with specified limited exceptions, the wisthdrawal of securities from general accounts where such withdrawals would undermargin such accounts.
1973, American jurisprudence: a modern comprehensive text statement of American Law, State and Federal, Volume 69, page 852
On withdrawal [from service], it was restored to its Caledonian blue livery, and is now preserved at St. Rollox.
1950 October, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—4”, in Railway Magazine, page 658
But in terms of the result, the performance and the management of the players' workloads, the match could not have gone much better for the hosts, save for Wes Burns' first-half withdrawal with what looked like a dislocated shoulder.
2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport

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From withdraw + -al.