(n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Jim Crow abandonment abdication abjuration abjurement abolishment abolition abrogation absentation abstraction abulia agreement to disagree alienation aloneness aloofness anesthesia annulment anxiety anxiety equivalent anxiety state apartheid apartness apathy apostasy autism autistic thinking avoidance mechanism avulsion backwardness bashfulness blame-shifting blankness boredom cancel canceling cancellation carelessness cassation casting away catatonia catatonic stupor celibacy cessation chill chilliness clearance cold blood cold heart coldheartedness coldness compensation compulsion constraint coolness counter-culture countermand counterorder cutting out deadpan decampment decompensation defeasance defense mechanism dejection demission denial departure deportation deposal depression deracination dereism dereistic thinking desuetude detachment difference disaccord disagreement disapprobation disapproval disarticulation disassociation disavowal discard disclaimer disclamation disconnectedness disconnection discontinuity discreetness discretion disengagement disentanglement disinterest disinterestedness disjointing disjunction dislocation disowning disownment disparity dispassion dispassionateness displacement disposal disposition dissatisfaction dissension dissent dissentience dissidence dissociation distance disunion disuse diversity division divorce divorcement drawing drawing out dredging drilling dropping out dullness egress ejection elation elimination emeritus status emotional deadness emotional insulation emotionalism emotionlessness enucleation eradication escape escape into fantasy escape mechanism escapism euphoria evacuation evolvement evulsion excavation excision exile exit exodus expatriation expression expressionlessness expulsion exsection extirpation extraction extrication fallback fantasizing fantasy flight folie du doute forced resignation forsaking forswearing frigidity frostiness getaway going guardedness heartlessness heedlessness hegira hypochondria hysteria hysterics iciness immovability impassibility impassiveness impassivity impersonality inaccessibility incoherence incuriosity incuriousness indifference indifferentism indifferentness inexcitability insensibility insouciance intellectual inertia introversion invalidation isolation isolationism jettison jettisoning keeping apart lack of affect lack of feeling lack of interest lack of touch leaving lethargy liquidation listlessness loneliness loneness lonesomeness luxation mania melancholia mental distress mining minority opinion modesty moving apart negativism nonagreement nonassent nonconcurrence nonconformity nonconsent nullification objectivity obsession obtuseness opposition ostracism outlawing outlawry overcompensation palinode palinody parting partition passing passionlessness pathological indecisiveness poker face preoccupation pressing out privacy privatism privatization projection psychalgia psychomotor disturbance psychotaxis pullback pulling pulling out