different between withdrawal vs climbdown

English

Etymology

From withdraw +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ð?d???(?)l/, /w???d???(?)l/
• (intrusive r) IPA^(key): /w?ð?d?????l/, /w???d?????l/

Noun

withdrawal (countable and uncountable, plural withdrawals)

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.

   heroin withdrawal

   nicotine withdrawal

   caffeine withdrawal

4. An act of withdrawing.
5. The sum of money taken from a bank account.

Antonyms

• (receiving from someone's care): deposit

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• climb-down

Etymology

climb +? down

Noun

climbdown (plural climbdowns)

1. A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.

   Thursday's court appearance as he waited for his case to be heard was a humiliating climbdown for the flamboyant Texan, who sports the clipped mustache and Saville Row style of English aristocracy. — Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud by Kate Murphy, The Age, June 26 2009

Translations

Anagrams

• downclimb