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Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) Any place of retreat and security.

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city..

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

Webform :: Webform (n.) Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding..

Moulding :: Moulding (n.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t..

Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..

Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..

Retreatful :: Retreatful (a.) Furnishing or serving as a retreat.

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..

Creephole :: Creephole (n.) A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger..

Nest :: Nest (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs..

Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.

Back :: Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen..

Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Concealment :: Concealment (n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.

Camonflet :: Camonflet (n.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners..

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