retreat

• retreat

retreat

Noun

(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"

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• retreat

Noun

a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

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• retreat

Noun

(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

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• retreat

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(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

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• retreat

Noun

an area where you can be alone

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• hideaway
• retreat

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withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"

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• retirement
• retreat

Noun

the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

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• retreat

Verb

pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

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• withdraw
• retreat
• pull away
• draw back
• recede
• pull back
• retire
• move back

Verb

move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

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• retreat

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move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

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• retrograde
• retreat

Verb

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

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• retreat
• pull back
• back out
• back away
• crawfish
• crawfish out
• pull in one's horns
• withdraw