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Retreated :: Retreated (imp. & p. p.) of Retrea.

Retreat :: Retreat (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field..

Sanitarium :: Sanitarium (n.) A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.

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..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat..

Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. i.) To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company..

Shade :: Shade (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded 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..

Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable..

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

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..

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..

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..

Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) Retreat; refuge.

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat..

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

Retreatment :: Retreatment (n.) The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira..

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

Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..

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