Definition of retreat

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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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Shade :: Shade (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat..
Cave :: Cave (v. i.) To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position..
Retreatful :: Retreatful (a.) Furnishing or serving as a retreat.
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..
Recede :: Recede (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Retraict :: Retraict (n.) Retreat.
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley..
Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) Retreat; refuge.
Concealment :: Concealment (n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable..
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..
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..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
Asylum :: Asylum (n.) Any place of retreat and security.
Sanitarium :: Sanitarium (n.) A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..
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