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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ri-treet |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtrit |
Definition of retreat
Origin :- c.1300, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from re- "back" (see re-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from early 15c.; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. Meaning "period of retirement for religious self-examination" is from 1756.
- noun departure
- noun place one goes for peace
- verb pull back, go away
- Unless we are fortunate enough to find some, retreat is inevitable.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- If we fail, there must be a retreat westwards at least seventy miles.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- The Czar might retreat until his pursuers perished of fatigue and hunger.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- A few shots were exchanged, and Melton was compelled to retreat.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- Doyle had received news, which occasioned him to retreat for Camden.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- As well as he was able, about midnight he left his retreat and approached the cabin.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- At once, Smithson became apologetic, while refusing to retreat.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Some of the dignity of his retreat was lost by the fact that the cat followed him, close at his heels.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The Mantineans suffered severely in their retreat, but of the Argives only a few were slain.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- But now the real difficulties of the retreat began to appear.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
Synonyms for retreat
- abandon
- adytum
- ark
- asylum
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- cell
- cloister
- convent
- cover
- covert
- decamp
- defense
- den
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evacuation
- evade
- fall back
- flight
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- habitat
- hand over
- harbor
- haunt
- haven
- hermitage
- hide
- hideaway
- hiding place
- ivory tower
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- port
- privacy
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- refuge
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- resort
- retire
- retirement
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- safe house
- safe place
- sanctuary
- seclude oneself
- seclusion
- security
- sequester
- shelter
- shrink
- solitude
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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