Retreat

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1. Noun

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

2. Noun

The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

5. Noun

A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.

6. Noun

A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

7. Noun

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.

8. Verb

To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.

9. Noun

(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
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10. Noun

an area where you can be alone
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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