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Retreat

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Definitions for Retreat

noun
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
Examples
  1. the disorderly retreat of French troops
noun
a place of privacy
Examples
  1. a place affording peace and quiet
noun
(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
noun
(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
noun
an area where you can be alone
Synonyms
hideaway
noun
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
Synonyms
retirement
Examples
  1. the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity
noun
the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
verb
pull back or move away or backward
Synonyms
withdraw pull away draw back recede pull back retire move back
Examples
  1. The enemy withdrew
  2. The limo pulled away from the curb
verb
move away, as for privacy
Examples
  1. The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer
verb
move back
Synonyms
retrograde
Examples
  1. The glacier retrogrades
verb
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Synonyms
pull back back out back away crawfish crawfish out pull in one's horns withdraw
Examples
  1. We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
  2. He backed out of his earlier promise
  3. The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns

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