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Origin and history of withdrawal

withdrawal(n.)

1820s, "act of taking back," also "retraction of a statement" (1835), from withdraw + -al (2).

Earlier nouns in similar senses were withdrawing (early 14c.), withdrawment (1630s), withdraught (mid-14c.).

The meaning "removal of money from a bank, etc." is from 1861, The psychological sense of "retreat from social involvement and objective reality" is by 1916,

The meaning "physical reaction to the cessation of an addictive substance" is from 1929 (with an isolated use from 1897); withdrawal symptom is from 1910. As a synonym for coitus interruptus from 1889.

also from 1820s

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withdraw(v.)

early 13c., withdrauen, "take back, draw away or aside" (transitive), from with in a archaic sense of "away" + draw (v.).

Possibly a loan-translation of Latin retrahere "to retract." The intransitive sense of "retire, go away" is attested from mid-13c. The sense of "remove oneself" is recorded from c. 1300. As "move money from" a bank or other place of deposit, by 1776. Related: Withdrawn; withdrawing.

-al(2)

suffix forming nouns of action from verbs, mostly from Latin and French, meaning "act of ______ing" (such as survival, referral), Middle English -aille, from French feminine singular -aille, from Latin -alia, neuter plural of adjective suffix -alis, also used in English as a noun suffix. Nativized in English and used with Germanic verbs (as in bestowal, betrothal).

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    secession
    1530s, from Latin secessionem (nominative secessio) "a withdrawal, separation; political withdrawal, insurrection, schism," noun of action from past-participle stem of secedere "go away, withdraw, separate; rebel, revolt," from se- "apart" (see se-) + cedere "to go" (from PIE roo
    retraction
    late 14c., retraccioun, "withdrawal of an opinion," from Latin retractionem (nominative retractio) "a drawing back, hesitation...General sense of "a withdrawal or drawing back" is from early 15c....
    desertion
    In law, "willful withdrawal of one of the married parties from the other without cause or justification."...Earlier in astrology, "forsaking or withdrawal of a favorable influence" (mid-15c.)....
    subtraction
    c. 1400, "withdrawal, removal," from Late Latin subtractionem (nominative subtractio) "a drawing back, taking away," from...
    abstraction
    c. 1400, "a withdrawal from worldly affairs, asceticism," from Old French abstraction (14c.), from Late Latin abstractionem...
    retirement
    Meaning "privacy, state of being withdrawn from society" is from c. 1600; that of "withdrawal from occupation or business...
    secede
    From the Latin past-participle (secessus), English once had secess "a going away, withdrawal, retirement" (1560s), and Chauliac...
    abjuration
    "solemn renunciation," mid-15c., originally of heresy or idolatry, later of renunciations of oaths generally, from Latin abiurationem (nominative abiuratio) "a denying on oath," noun of action from past-participle stem of abiurare "deny on oath," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-
    abandonment
    1610s, "action of relinquishing to another," from French abandonnement (Old French abandonement), from abandonner "to give up" (see abandon (v.)). Meaning "a deserting, forsaking" (of one's family, principles, etc.) is by 1788; from 1839 as "condition of being forsaken." In law,
    retreat
    c. 1300, retrete, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, retrait, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from

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