- retreat - (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"
--1 is a kind of withdrawal
--1 has particulars: disengagement, fallback, pullout- retreat - a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
--2 is a kind of area, country
--2 has particulars:Camp David; nook; nest; pleasance; sanctum, sanctum sanctorum Derived form: verb retreat2 - retreat - (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
--3 is a kind of signal, signaling, sign
- retreat - (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
--4 is a kind of bugle call
- hideaway, retreat - an area where you can be alone
--5 is a kind of area
Derived form: verb retreat2 - retirement, retreat - withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "a religious retreat"
--6 is a kind of withdrawal
- retreat - a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
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- retreat - move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun retreat5, noun retreat2
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- retrograde, retreat - move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
--3 is one way to recede, fall back, retire
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- retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw - 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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