withdrawal
n. C / Un. the act of taking something back or moving away from a situation. It also describes the difficult physical feeling you have when you stop using a drug or habit.
n. the act of removing something from a place or position, or the process of ceasing to participate in an activity. In a medical context, it refers to the physical and psychological symptoms following the cessation of an addictive substance.
I need to make a cash withdrawal from the bank.
The sudden withdrawal of government funding forced the local library to reduce its opening hours.
The diplomat warned that a hasty withdrawal of peacekeeping forces could destabilize the fragile truce and lead to renewed civil unrest in the border regions.
From withdraw + -al.
Functions as an uncountable noun when referring to the general process of retreating, but is countable when referring to specific bank transactions or medical episodes.