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Retreat

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Verb group 8

Recede 84% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Recede 84% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 18

Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recede 76% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retire 76% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Signal 76% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Signaling 76% connected

of Signal

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Signalling 76% connected

of Signal

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Withdrawal 76% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Manner of action 2

Cocoon 76% connected

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval sta…

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Retrograde 76% connected

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

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Narrower term 5

Disengagement 76% connected

The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nest 76% connected

The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nook 76% connected

A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pleasance 76% connected

Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sanctum 76% connected

A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See also 2

Move 66% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 66% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Crawfish 92% connected

Alt. of Crayfish

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Recede 92% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retire 92% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retirement 92% connected

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retrograde 92% connected

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Withdraw 92% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Progress 94% connected

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Progress 94% connected

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

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