Retreat
31retreat — [rɪˈtriːt] verb [I] I 1) to move back in order to avoid a dangerous or unpleasant situation The army was forced to retreat.[/ex] 2) to change your previous opinion or decision about something, especially because of opposition to it II noun… …
32retreat — re•treat [[t]rɪˈtrit[/t]] n. 1) the forced or strategic withdrawal of a military force before an enemy 2) the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement 3) a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy 4) an asylum, as for the insane 5) …
33retreat — This word (from the Latin retrahere, meaning to draw back ) refers to an extended time set aside for prayer and reflection; usually those making a retreat withdraw from the concerns of daily life and spend the time of retreat at a quiet… …
34retreat — 1 noun A place for contemplation especially of a religious nature. The totality of exercises in a religious house where a person may take stock of himself 2 verb To withdraw from the world or from an encounter. Something the defendant must… …
35retreat — [14] Retreat and retract [15] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin retrahere ‘draw back’, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘back’ and trahere ‘draw, pull’ (source of English tractor). This passed into Old French as… …
36retreat — See: BEAT A RETREAT …
37retreat — See: BEAT A RETREAT …
38retreat — Synonyms and related words: Jim Crow, abandon, abandonment, abscond, adytum, alcove, almshouse, apartheid, apartness, arbor, ascend, ashram, asylum, avoid, avoidance, back, back down, back out, balance, bank, beat a retreat, blench, blink, bolt… …
39retreat — See: beat a retreat …
40retreat — n 1.(all usu. of armed forces) strategic withdrawal, countermarch, volte face, recoil, pullout, rout, evacuation, exodus, stampede, katabasis. 2. departure, flight, hegira, escape, getaway. 3. backing away, reversal, about face, turnabout, Inf.… …
