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Antonyms for withdrawal

Grammar : Noun
Spell : with-draw-uh l, -drawl, with-
Phonetic Transcription : wɪðˈdrɔ əl, -ˈdrɔl, wɪθ-


Definition of withdrawal

Origin :
  • 1820s, "act of taking back," also "retraction of a statement," from withdraw + -al (2). Earlier words in the same sense were withdrawment (1640s); withdraught (mid-14c.). Meaning "removal of money from a bank, etc." is from 1861; psychological sense is from 1916; meaning "physical reaction to the cessation of an addictive substance" is from 1929 (with an isolated use from 1897; withdrawal symptoms is from 1924). As a synonym for coitus interruptus from 1889.
  • noun removal; retraction
Example sentences :
  • At length the withdrawal was completed, and the brigade returned to camp.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Let me have your note of withdrawal before you leave town this afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • This firm was dissolved in 1865, by the withdrawal of Mr. Thatcher.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Her withdrawal had hinted at other things besides disease and pain.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • The case had been dropped: the Honorable Heman had announced its withdrawal.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Withdrawal from a position of that kind is ever fraught with loss of dignity.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • There was a long silence after the junior partner's withdrawal.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • But with the withdrawal of this Strammers Lady Mary's manner changed.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • There was no hint of coquettish hesitation in its withdrawal.
  • Extract from : « A Love Story Reversed » by Edward Bellamy
  • They helped to put a bit of ginger into the withdrawal of the guns.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

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