evacuation vs withdrawal

evacuation

noun
  • The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety. 

  • Abolition; nullification. 

  • The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum. 

  • Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means. 

  • Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc. 

  • That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. 

withdrawal

noun
  • An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn. 

  • A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation. 

  • The sum of money taken from a bank account. 

  • Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money. 

  • 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. 

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