withdrawal

/wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/
noun

Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 3 meanings

  1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.

  2. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld.

    “heroin withdrawal”

  3. An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From withdraw + -al.

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WITHDRAWAL at a glance

WITHDRAWAL has 10 letters and scores 20 points in Scrabble (W 4 + I 1 + T 1 + H 4 + D 2 + R 1 + A 1 + W 4 + A 1 + L 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,541 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with withdrawal

All rhymes
  • RENEWAL10
  • DISAVOWAL16
  • BESTOWAL13
  • AVOWAL12
  • SAHIWAL13
  • COWAL10
  • KOTWAL13
  • TWAL7
  • NARWAL9
  • NONRENEWAL13
  • QAWWAL21
  • COTWAL11

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