Results for "withdrawal
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withdrawal
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "withdrawal", "results": [{"typeOf": ["birth control", "birth prevention", "family planning"], "synonyms": ["coitus interruptus", "onanism", "pulling out", "withdrawal method"], "definition": "a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["indifference"], "synonyms": ["detachment"], "definition": "avoiding emotional involvement", "derivation": ["withdraw"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["retraction", "recantation", "abjuration"], "synonyms": ["backdown", "climb-down"], "definition": "a retraction of a previously held position", "derivation": ["withdraw"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["conclusion", "ending", "termination"], "hasTypes": ["cold turkey"], "synonyms": ["drug withdrawal"], "definition": "the termination of drug taking", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["separation"], "hasTypes": ["breaking away", "breakaway"], "synonyms": ["secession"], "definition": "formal separation from an alliance or federation", "derivation": ["withdraw"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["separation"], "definition": "the act of ceasing to participate in an activity", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["remotion", "removal"], "hasTypes": ["bank withdrawal", "disinvestment"], "definition": "the act of taking out money or other capital", "derivation": ["withdraw"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["going", "leaving", "departure", "going away"], "examples": ["the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"], "hasTypes": ["abandonment", "decampment", "defection", "desertion", "effacement", "evacuation", "pullback", "receding", "recession", "retirement", "retreat", "self-effacement"], "definition": "the act of withdrawing", "derivation": ["withdraw"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["removal", "remotion"], "examples": ["the nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood"], "definition": "the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 3.4, "syllables": {"list": ["with", "draw", "al"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "wɪð'drɔəl"}}