Definition of retreat

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

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Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Retreated :: Retreated (imp. & p. p.) of Retrea.
Retraict :: Retraict (n.) Retreat.
Concealment :: Concealment (n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..
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..
Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..
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..
Bower :: Bower (n.) A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat..
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..
Recourse :: Recourse (n.) A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence..
Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..
Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..
Asylum :: Asylum (n.) Any place of retreat and security.
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
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