withdrawal

English

Etymology

From withdraw +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔːəl/
• IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔːɹəl/

Noun

withdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)

1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
2. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
3. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.

   heroin withdrawal

   nicotine withdrawal

   caffeine withdrawal

4. An act of withdrawing.

Antonyms

• (receiving from someone's care): deposit

Translations

receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them

• Danish: udtræk n
• Finnish: nosto (fi) (money from a bank), otto (fi) (money from a bank), poisvetäminen
• French: retrait (fr) m
• German: Entnahme (de) f
• Greek: ανάληψη (el) f (análipsi), ανάκληση (el) f (anáklisi)
• Hebrew: משיכה f (meshikhá)
• Japanese: 引き出し (ja) (hikidashi), 出金 (shukkin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: izņemšana f
• Portuguese: saque (pt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: (money) togail f
• Spanish: retirada (es) f
• Swedish: uttag (sv) c (money from a bank)
• Telugu: ఉపసంహరణ (te) (upasaṁharaṇa)

method of birth control

• Finnish: keskeytetty yhdyntä
• French: retrait (fr) m, coït interrompu (fr) m
• Greek: τράβηγμα (el) n (trávigma) (colloquial), διακοπτόμενη συνουσία (el) f (diakoptómeni synousía)
• Japanese: 膣外射精 (chitsugai-shasei)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: pārtrauktais dzimumakts m
• Portuguese: coito interrompido (pt)
• Spanish: coitus interruptus (es), marcha atrás f

type of metabolic shock

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戒斷症狀／戒断症状 (jièduàn zhèngzhuàng), 戒断症状 (jièduàn zhèngzhuàng)

• Danish: abstinens c
• Finnish: vierotusoireet pl
• French: sevrage (fr) m (process), manque (fr) m (status)
• German: Entzug (de) m
• Greek: στερητικό σύνδρομο (el) n (steritikó sýndromo)
• Italian: astinenza (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 禁断症状 (ja) (きんだんしょうじょう, kindan-shōjō)
• Latvian: abstinences simptomi m pl, lomkas f pl (colloquial)
• Portuguese: síndrome de abstinência f
• Russian: ломка (ru) f (lomka)
• Spanish: síndrome de abstinencia m
• Swedish: abstinens (sv) c

act of withdrawing

• Arabic: اِنْسِحَاب m (insiḥāb)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提款 (zh) (tíkuǎn) (from a bank), 撤退 (zh) (chètuì) (retreat)

• Danish: tilbagetrækning c
• Esperanto: retiriĝo
• Finnish: vetäytyminen (fi), vieroitus (fi)
• French: retrait (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Entzug (de) m
• Greek: απόσυρση (el) f (apósyrsi), αποχώρηση (el) f (apochórisi)
• Irish: aistarraingt f
• Japanese: 引き出し (ja) (ひきだし, hikidashi)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: recessus m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: izvešana f (troops), izņemšana f
• Maori: unuhanga, taui (as in retreat or flight)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilbaketrekking m or f, tilbaketrekning m or f

  Nynorsk: tilbaketrekking f

• Portuguese: retirada (pt) f, saque (pt) m
• Russian: вы́вод (ru) m (vývod) (of troops), сня́тие (ru) m (snjátije) (from a bank)
• Spanish: retirada (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} utträde (sv) n
• Telugu: ఉపసంహరణ (te) (upasaṁharaṇa)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} retiramento
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ritiro ritrattazione