WITHDRAWAL

noun Date: 1749 1. the act of taking back or away something that has been granted or possessed, removal from a place of deposit or investment, c. the discontinuance of administration or use of a drug, the syndrome of often painful physical and psychological symptoms that follows discontinuance of an addicting drug , 2. retreat or retirement especially into a more secluded or less exposed place or position, an operation by which a military force disengages from the enemy, c. social or emotional detachment, a pathological retreat from objective reality (as in some schizophrenic states), retraction , revocation , 4. the act of drawing someone or something back from or out of a place or position, coitus interruptus