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 dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.

   “caffeine withdrawal”