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withdrawal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /wɪθˈdɹɔː(ə)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /wɪðˈdɹɔːɹəl/ intrusive R
• /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/ (US)
• /wɪðˈdɹɑ(ə)l/ (cot-caught-merger)
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• (US) audio
• /wɪθˈdɹɔ(ə)l/ (US)
• /ˈwɪθˌdɹɔːl/ (US, informal)
• /wɪθˈdɹɔːɹəl/ intrusive R
• /wɪðˈdɹɔː(ə)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /wɪθˈdɹɑ(ə)l/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

Etymology tree English withdraw Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English withdrawal From withdraw + -al.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
   • 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:
2. (countable, uncountable) A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
3. (countable, uncountable) A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.
   • heroin withdrawal
   • caffeine withdrawal
   • nicotine withdrawal
4. (countable, uncountable) An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
   • 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:
5. (countable, uncountable) The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Forms

Antonyms

deposit (antonym(s) of “receiving from someone's care”)

Deriveds

phantom withdrawal · drug withdrawal · benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome · withdrawal symptom · alcohol withdrawal syndrome · traumatic withdrawal syndrome · pervasive arousal withdrawal syndrome

Translations (113)

pt saque (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · ko 인출 (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · fr sevrage (type of metabolic shock) · ja 出金 (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · ru сня́тие (act of withdrawing) · hu visszavonulás (act of withdrawing) · cmn 退出 (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · fi poisvetäminen (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · de Abhebung (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · gd togail (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · hu pénzfelvétel (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · nb tilbaketrekning (act of withdrawing) · de Entzug (type of metabolic shock) · fi vieroitus (act of withdrawing) · de Entzug (act of withdrawing) · sv abstinens (type of metabolic shock) · hu elvonás (type of metabolic shock) · bg отстъпле́ние (act of withdrawing) · lv abstinences simptomi (type of metabolic shock) · af onttrekking (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · he מְשִׁיכָה (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · te ఉపసంహరణ (act of withdrawing) · da tilbagetrækning (act of withdrawing) · ru вы́вод (act of withdrawing) · es retirada (act of withdrawing) · fi vieroitusoireet (type of metabolic shock) · pl głód narkotyczny (type of metabolic shock) · cmn 提款 (act of withdrawing) · uk ви́ведення (act of withdrawing) · ro retragere (act of withdrawing) · nb abstinens (type of metabolic shock) · ro retragere (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · lv izņemšana (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · el ανάκληση (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · hi निकासी (the sum of money taken from a bank account) · be вы́вад (act of withdrawing) · hu visszavonás (act of withdrawing) · mi tauitanga (act of withdrawing) · fr retrait (the sum of money taken from a bank account) · uk зняття́ (act of withdrawing) · ja 引き出し (act of withdrawing) · he גְּמִילָה (type of metabolic shock) · fr retrait (act of withdrawing) · hu visszalépés (act of withdrawing) · eo abstina sindromo (type of metabolic shock) · ca retirada (act of withdrawing) · es rescisión (act of withdrawing) · nb tilbaketrekking (act of withdrawing) · lv izņemšana (act of withdrawing) · de Entnahme (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · km ការដកទ័ព (act of withdrawing) · ru ло́мка (type of metabolic shock) · hu kivonás (act of withdrawing) · cmn 撤退 (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · te ఉపసంహరణ (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · nl terugtrekking (act of withdrawing) · mi moni tango (the sum of money taken from a bank account) · fr manque (type of metabolic shock) · de Rückzug (act of withdrawing) · de Zurücknahme (act of withdrawing) · da udtræk (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · pt retirada (act of withdrawing) · bg отте́гляне (act of withdrawing) · fi otto (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · pl absta (type of metabolic shock) · pt síndrome de abstinência (type of metabolic shock) · ja 禁断症状 (type of metabolic shock) · af onttrekking (the sum of money taken from a bank account) · nb uttak (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · cmn 撤退 (act of withdrawing) · nn tilbaketrekking (act of withdrawing) · eo retiriĝo (act of withdrawing) · bg връ́щане (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · cmn 戒斷症狀 /戒断症状 (type of metabolic shock) · hi निकालना (act of withdrawing) · ga aistarraingt (act of withdrawing) · el απόσυρση (act of withdrawing) · it astinenza (type of metabolic shock) · fi vetäytyminen (act of withdrawing) · da abstinens (type of metabolic shock) · hu visszahúzódás (act of withdrawing) · el ανάληψη (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · ja 引き出し (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · af onttrekking (type of metabolic shock) · hu készpénzfelvétel (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · es retirada (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · es disposición (act of withdrawing) · hu elállás (act of withdrawing) · be зня́цце (act of withdrawing) · lv lomkas (type of metabolic shock) · el αποχώρηση (act of withdrawing) · pl wyjęcie (act of withdrawing) · af onttrekking (act of withdrawing) · mi taui (act of withdrawing) · hu bevonás (act of withdrawing) · ko 출금 (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · km ការដកលុយ (act of withdrawing) · ru сня́тие (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · hu visszavétel (act of withdrawing) · hi निकासी (act of withdrawing) · fr retrait (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · el στερητικό σύνδρομο (type of metabolic shock) · sv uttag (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · lv izvešana (act of withdrawing) · hu megvonás (act of withdrawing) · fi nosto (receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them) · ko 인출 (act of withdrawing) · pt saque (act of withdrawing) · ar اِنْسِحَاب (act of withdrawing) · ko 출금 (act of withdrawing) · la recessus (act of withdrawing) · nb uttak (the sum of money taken from a bank account) · mi unuhanga (act of withdrawing)