WITHDRAWAL

[noun]The bank became suspicious after several large withdrawals (= removals of money) were made from his account in a single week. [C]The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone. [C]Doctors demanded the withdrawal of the drug after several cases of dangerous side-effects were reported. [U]Her sudden withdrawal from the championship caused a lot of press speculation about her health. [U]Even several years after the car crash, she still suffered from disturbed sleep and withdrawal (= lack of interest in the outside world). [U]Withdrawal symptoms are the unpleasant physical and mental effects which result when you stop doing or taking something, esp. a drug, which has become a habit.He was suffering from all the classic withdrawal symptoms associated with giving up heroin - inability to sleep, anxiety, sweating and fever.(figurative) There was no TV where we were staying and so I suffered severe withdrawal symptoms from my daily dose of news.