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noun 
  1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
  2. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
  3. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier: e.g. <em>heroin withdrawal</em> or <em>nicotine withdrawal</em>.
  4. An act of withdrawing.
Translations: 
  • French: sevrage (process) or manque (status)
  • Italian: 1. ritiro 2. ritrattazione
  • Spanish: coitus interruptus(es)

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