withdrawal

withdrawal

noun

Definition of WITHDRAWAL

an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable <the army's orderly withdrawal from the city turned into a rout as the enemy's shock troops surged forward>

Synonyms pullback, pullout, recession, retirement, withdrawal

Related Words rout; flinch, recoil, revulsion, shrinking; disengagement, disentanglement

Antonyms advance, advancement