withdrawal method

1. 1.

   a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

   Synonymscoitus interruptuswithdrawalpulling outonanism

   Broaderbirth control

Questions about withdrawal method

What does withdrawal method mean?

withdrawal method means "a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation".

What is another word for withdrawal method?

Close synonyms include coitus interruptus, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is withdrawal method a common word?

withdrawal method is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.