an act or process of withdrawing; retreat, removal, or detachment the period a drug addict goes through following abrupt termination in the use of narcotics, usually characterized by physical and mental symptoms (withdrawal symptoms)
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with•draw•al /wɪðˈdrɔəl, wɪθ-/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the act of withdrawing or state of being withdrawn: [countable]a sudden withdrawal.[uncountable]a feeling of emotional withdrawal.
- Drugs[countable] something that is withdrawn, as a sum of money from a bank account.
- Drugs the discontinuance of use of an addictive drug:[uncountable]suffering from withdrawal.
with•draw•al
(wiᵺ drô′əl, -drôl′, with-),USA pronunciation n.
- Also, with•draw′ment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
- Drugs[Pharm.]the act or process of ceasing to use an addictive drug.
- Medicinecoitus interruptus.
- withdraw + -al2 1740–50
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