withdrawal

English

Etymology

From withdraw +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔː(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː(ə)l/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɔ(ə)l/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdɹɑ(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɑ(ə)l/
• (informal, US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪθˌdɹɔːl/
• (intrusive r) IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdɹɔːɹəl/, /wɪθˈdɹɔːɹəl/

Noun

withdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)

1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
   • 1973, American jurisprudence: a modern comprehensive text statement of American Law, State and Federal, Volume 69, page 852:

     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.

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 (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.

   heroin withdrawal

   nicotine withdrawal

   caffeine withdrawal

4. An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
   • 1950 October, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—4”, in Railway Magazine, page 658:

     On withdrawal [from service], it was restored to its Caledonian blue livery, and is now preserved at St. Rollox.

   • 2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

5. The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• alcohol withdrawal syndrome
• benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome
• drug withdrawal
• pervasive arousal withdrawal syndrome
• phantom withdrawal
• withdrawal symptom

 

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: onttrekking
• Bulgarian: връ́щане (bg) n (vrǎ́štane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 退出 (zh) (tuìchū), 撤退 (zh) (chètuì)

• 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, Abhebung (de) f
• Greek: ανάληψη (el) f (análipsi), ανάκληση (el) f (anáklisi)
• Hebrew: מְשִׁיכָה f (meshikhá)
• Hungarian: pénzfelvétel (hu), készpénzfelvétel
• Japanese: 引き出し (ja) (ひきだし, hikidashi), 出金 (ja) (しゅっきん, shukkin)
• Korean: 인출(引出) (ko) (inchul), 출금(出金) (chulgeum)
• Latvian: izņemšana f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uttak n (money from a bank)

• Portuguese: saque (pt) m
• Romanian: retragere (ro) f
• Russian: сня́тие (ru) n (snjátije) (money from a bank)
• 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 — see coitus interruptus

type of metabolic shock

• Afrikaans: onttrekking
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: abstinens c
• Esperanto: abstina sindromo
• Finnish: vieroitusoireet pl
• French: sevrage (fr) m (process), manque (fr) m (status)
• German: Entzug (de) m
• Greek: στερητικό σύνδρομο (el) n (steritikó sýndromo)
• Hebrew: גְּמִילָה (he) f (gmilá)
• Hungarian: elvonás (hu)
• Italian: astinenza (it) f
• 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)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abstinens (no) m

• Polish: głód narkotyczny m, absta (pl) f (slang)
• Portuguese: síndrome de abstinência f
• Russian: ло́мка (ru) f (lómka) (slang)
• Spanish: síndrome de abstinencia m
• Swedish: abstinens (sv) c

act of withdrawing

• Afrikaans: onttrekking
• Arabic: اِنْسِحَاب m (insiḥāb)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: вы́вад (be) m (vývad), зня́цце n (znjáccje) (from a bank)
• Bulgarian: отте́гляне (bg) n (ottégljane), отстъпле́ние (bg) n (otstǎplénie)
• Catalan: retirada (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: tilbagetrækning (da) c
• Dutch: terugtrekking (nl) f
• Esperanto: retiriĝo
• Finnish: vetäytyminen (fi), vieroitus (fi)
• French: retrait (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Entzug (de) m, Rückzug (de) m, Zurücknahme f
• Greek: απόσυρση (el) f (apósyrsi), αποχώρηση (el) f (apochórisi)
• Hungarian: (each with different objects) kivonás (hu), bevonás (hu), megvonás (hu), visszavonás (hu), visszavétel (hu), (reflexively) visszavonulás (hu), visszahúzódás (hu), visszalépés (hu), elállás (hu)
• Irish: aistarraingt f
• Japanese: 引き出し (ja) (ひきだし, hikidashi)
• Khmer: ការ​ដកទ័ព (kaa-dɑktŏəp) (of troops), ការដក​លុយ (kardâklŭy) (from a bank)
• Korean: 인출(引出) (ko) (inchul), 출금(出金) (chulgeum)
• Latin: recessus m
• Latvian: izvešana f (troops), izņemšana f
• Maori: unuhanga, taui (as in retreat or flight), tauitanga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilbaketrekking m or f, tilbaketrekning m or f

  Nynorsk: tilbaketrekking f

• Polish: wyjęcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: retirada (pt) f, saque (pt) m
• Romanian: retragere (ro) f
• Russian: вы́вод (ru) m (vývod) (of troops), сня́тие (ru) m (snjátije) (from a bank)
• Spanish: retirada (es) f, disposición (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} utträde (sv) n
• Telugu: ఉపసంహరణ (te) (upasaṁharaṇa)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ви́ведення n (vývedennja), зняття́ n (znjattjá) (from a bank)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the sum of money taken from a bank account

• Afrikaans: onttrekking
• Maori: moni tango
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uttak n

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
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ritiro ritrattazione