Meanings
nounwithdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)
plural withdrawals
- countableuncountableReceiving 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 - countableuncountableA method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
- countableuncountableAn act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.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 6582 more examples
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, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2024The abrupt withdrawals of Sheeran’s opening acts came hours after the English singer confirmed that Kraft, along with several other stadium owners, refused to allow the tour to play at their venues if Macklemore continued to open for him.
2026 September 15, Adrian Horton, “All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2026 - countableuncountableThe sum of money taken from a bank account.
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “receiving from someone's care”
Opposite
nouna retraction of a previously held position
Similar
nouna method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
Similar
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishwithdraw
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishwithdrawal
Translations
Afrikaans onttrekking, onttrekking
- onttrekkingreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- onttrekkingtype of metabolic shock
- onttrekkingact of withdrawing
- onttrekkingthe sum of money taken from a bank account
Arabic اِنْسِحَاب
- اِنْسِحَاب (insiḥāb)act of withdrawing
Bulgarian връ́щане, отте́гляне
- връ́щане (vrắštane)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- отте́гляне (ottégljane)act of withdrawing
- отстъпле́ние (otstăplénie)act of withdrawing
Catalan retirada
- retiradaact of withdrawing
Chinese Mandarin 退出, 撤退
- 退出 (tuìchū)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- 撤退 (chètuì)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- 戒斷症狀 /戒断症状 (jièduàn zhèngzhuàng)type of metabolic shock
- 提款 (tíkuǎn)act of withdrawing
- 撤退 (chètuì)act of withdrawing
Danish udtræk, abstinens
- udtrækreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- abstinenstype of metabolic shock
- tilbagetrækningact of withdrawing
Dutch terugtrekking
- terugtrekkingact of withdrawing
Esperanto abstina sindromo, retiriĝo
- abstina sindromotype of metabolic shock
- retiriĝoact of withdrawing
Finnish nosto, otto
- nostoreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- ottoreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- poisvetäminenreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- vieroitusoireettype of metabolic shock
- vetäytyminenact of withdrawing
- vieroitusact of withdrawing
French retrait, sevrage
- retraitreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- sevragetype of metabolic shock
- manquetype of metabolic shock
- retraitact of withdrawing
- retraitthe sum of money taken from a bank account
German Entnahme, Abhebung
- Entnahmereceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- Abhebungreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- Entzugtype of metabolic shock
- Entzugact of withdrawing
- Rückzugact of withdrawing
- Zurücknahmeact of withdrawing
Greek ανάληψη, ανάκληση
- ανάληψη (análipsi)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- ανάκληση (anáklisi)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- στερητικό σύνδρομο (steritikó sýndromo)type of metabolic shock
- απόσυρση (apósyrsi)act of withdrawing
- αποχώρηση (apochórisi)act of withdrawing
Hebrew מְשִׁיכָה, גְּמִילָה
- מְשִׁיכָה (meshikhá)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- גְּמִילָה (gmilá)type of metabolic shock
Hindi निकासी, निकालना
- निकासी (nikāsī)act of withdrawing
- निकालना (nikālnā)act of withdrawing
- निकासी (nikāsī)the sum of money taken from a bank account
Hungarian pénzfelvétel, készpénzfelvétel
- pénzfelvételreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- készpénzfelvételreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- elvonástype of metabolic shock
- kivonásact of withdrawing
- bevonásact of withdrawing
- megvonásact of withdrawing
- visszavonásact of withdrawing
- visszavételact of withdrawing
- visszavonulásact of withdrawing
- visszahúzódásact of withdrawing
- visszalépésact of withdrawing
- elállásact of withdrawing
Irish aistarraingt
- aistarraingtact of withdrawing
Italian astinenza
- astinenzatype of metabolic shock
Japanese 引き出し, 出金
- 引き出し (hikidashi)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- 出金 (shukkin)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- 禁断症状 (kindan-shōjō)type of metabolic shock
- 引き出し (hikidashi)act of withdrawing
Korean 인출, 출금
- 인출 (inchul)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- 출금 (chulgeum)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- 인출 (inchul)act of withdrawing
- 출금 (chulgeum)act of withdrawing
Latin recessus
- recessusact of withdrawing
Latvian izņemšana, abstinences simptomi
- izņemšanareceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- abstinences simptomitype of metabolic shock
- lomkastype of metabolic shock
- izvešanaact of withdrawing
- izņemšanaact of withdrawing
Māori unuhanga, taui
- unuhangaact of withdrawing
- tauiact of withdrawing
- tauitangaact of withdrawing
- moni tangothe sum of money taken from a bank account
Norwegian Bokmål uttak, abstinens
- uttakreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- abstinenstype of metabolic shock
- tilbaketrekkingact of withdrawing
- tilbaketrekningact of withdrawing
- uttakthe sum of money taken from a bank account
Polish głód narkotyczny, absta
- głód narkotycznytype of metabolic shock
- abstatype of metabolic shock
- wyjęcieact of withdrawing
Portuguese saque, síndrome de abstinência
- saquereceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- síndrome de abstinênciatype of metabolic shock
- retiradaact of withdrawing
- saqueact of withdrawing
Romanian retragere, retragere
- retragerereceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- retragereact of withdrawing
Russian сня́тие, ло́мка
- сня́тие (snjátije)receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- ло́мка (lómka)type of metabolic shock
- вы́вод (vývod)act of withdrawing
- сня́тие (snjátije)act of withdrawing
Scottish Gaelic togail
- togailreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
Spanish retirada, retirada
- retiradareceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- retiradaact of withdrawing
- disposiciónact of withdrawing
- rescisiónact of withdrawing
Swedish uttag, abstinens
- uttagreceiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them
- abstinenstype of metabolic shock
Ukrainian ви́ведення, зняття́
- ви́ведення (vývedennja)act of withdrawing
- зняття́ (znjattjá)act of withdrawing
Cite this entry
APA
withdrawal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withdrawal
MLA
“withdrawal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withdrawal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “withdrawal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withdrawal.
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