Taking out women, Al Ward hit doctor (10)
I believe the answer is:
withdrawal
'taking out' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'women al ward hit doctor' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'al'+'ward'+'hit'='alwardhit'
'alwardhit' is an anagram of 'ithdrawal'.
'w'+'ithdrawal'='WITHDRAWAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for withdrawal that I've seen before include "Extraction" , "Departure" , "Retreat" , "Exit" , "Leaving" .)