retreat

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  1. noun The act or process of withdrawing, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant.
  2. noun The process of going backward or receding from a position or condition gained.
  3. noun A place affording peace, quiet, privacy, or security. See Synonyms at shelter.
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  • The guest speaker for the retreat will be author Karen Robbins (Web site www. karenrobbins.com). —  Chronicle-Telegram
  • An additional reason for the retreat was a severe wound in the leg which Miltiades had received, either in the course of the attack, or by an accident he met with when attempting with sacrilegious superstition to consult the infernal deities on ground dedicated to Ceres III. —  Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete
  • And because they still had this last retreat (which we call the Strike), because this retreat was also perceived, there was talk of this retreat being also cut off. —  A Miscellany of Men
  • The Ghana retreat was an initiative of the Oil Producing Trading Sector (OPTS). —  Vanguard News
  • General Pemberton in his retreat from the Tallahatchie, that the retreat was almost a panic. —  Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant — Complete
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march ·  journey ·  occupation ·  retirement ·  flight ·  defeat ·  residence ·  solitude ·  escape ·  surrender ·  advance ·  withdrawal

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retreat:   retreats ·  retreated ·  retreating
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English retret, from Old French retrait, retret, from past participle of retraire, retrere, to draw back, from Latin retrahere; see retract.

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  1. Early modern English also retreit, retrait, retraict, retrate; from Middle English retrete, retret (= Spanish retrete, a closet, retreta, retreat or tattoo, = Portuguese retrete, a closet, retreat), from Old French retrete, retraite, retraicte, feminine, retreat, a retreat, a place of refuge, French retraite, retreat, a retreat, recess, etc. (Old French also retrait, retraict, masculine, a retreat, retired place, also, in law, redemption, withdrawal, French retrait, in law, redemption, withdrawal, also shrinkage), = Italian ritratta, a retreat, from Middle Latin retracta, a retreat, recess (Latin retractus, a drawing back, Middle Latin retreat, recess, etc.), from Latin retractus, past participle of retrahere, draw back, withdraw: see retract and retray.
  2. from retreat, n.
  3. Middle English retreten, from Old French retreter, from Latin retractare, retrectare, handle anew, reconsider: see retract.
 

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