withdrawal
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- n a retraction of a previously held position
- n the act of taking out money or other capital
- n the act of withdrawing
the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam - n avoiding emotional involvement
- n the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.
the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood - n the act of ceasing to participate in an activity
- n a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation
- n formal separation from an alliance or federation
- n the termination of drug taking
- Giuliani insists that his protege's withdrawal is solely about the nanny problemand not about the cacophony of other issues that surfaced, like Kerik's recent $6.
- On Iraq: Outlined his withdrawal plan, says it's a "very complicated operation" and "I've got no interest in doing this carelessly.
- European leaders regularly argue that a hasty withdrawal would spell disaster for Afghanistan, neighboring Pakistan and for their own countries.