Withdrawal Synonyms and Antonyms

wĭth-drôəl, wĭth-
The moving back of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fallback
  2. pullback
  3. pullout
  4. backdown
  5. drug withdrawal
  6. retirement
  7. retreat
  8. climb-down
Antonyms:
  1. stay
  2. remainder
A formal statement of disavowal
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. abjuration
  2. palinode
  3. recantation
  4. retractation
  5. retraction
A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. coitus-interruptus
  2. withdrawal method
  3. pulling-out
  4. onanism

Words Related to Withdrawal

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Withdrawal Sentence Examples

  • He must have sensed the cause of her sudden withdrawal, and spoke gently.

  • At the ecclesiastical council which took place at Paris in 1406 Pierre d'Ailly made every effort to avert a new withdrawal from the obedience and, by order of the king, took the part of defender of Benedict XIII., a course which yet again exposed him to attacks from the university party.

  • It is just a question, however, whether, even in instances such as these, the nutritional failure may not be explained upon the assumption of withdrawal of the local vasomotor control.

  • Their number and that of their scholars have, however, decreased since the withdrawal of state subsidies.

  • The effect upon the permanent level of the lakes of the withdrawal of water through this artificial outlet is receiving much attention.

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