withdrawal

noun

1. a retraction of a previously held position
2. the act of taking out money or other capital
3. the act of withdrawing"the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"
4. avoiding emotional involvement
5. the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc."the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"
6. the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
7. a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
8. formal separation from an alliance or federation
9. the termination of drug taking