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noun. The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant.

noun. Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.

noun. The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller.

noun. The process of changing or undergoing change in one's thinking or in a position.

noun. A decline in value.

noun. A place affording peace, quiet, privacy, or security. synonym: shelter.

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noun. A period of seclusion, retirement, or solitude.

noun. A period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, or study.

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noun. The signal for a military withdrawal.

noun. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.

noun. The military ceremony of lowering the flag.

intransitive verb. To move backward or away; withdraw or retire: synonym: recede.

intransitive verb. To make a military retreat.

intransitive verb. To move back from a position of advancement or become smaller.

intransitive verb. To change or undergo change in one's thinking or in a position.

intransitive verb. To decline in value.

intransitive verb. To move (a chess piece) back.

In chess, to move (a piece) backward.

To retire; move backward; go back.

Specifically, to retire from military action or from an enemy; give way; fall back, as from a dangerous position.

In fencing, to move backward in order to avoid the point of the adversary's sword: specifically expressing a quick movement of the left foot a few inches to the rear, followed by the right foot, the whole being so executed that the fencer keeps his equilibrium and is ready to lunge and parry at will.

To recede: withdraw from an asserted claim or pretension, or from a course of action previously undertaken.

To withdraw to a retreat; go into retirement; retire for shelter, rest, or quiet.

To slope backward; have a receding outline or direction: as, a retreating forehead or chin.

To retract; retrace.

noun. The act of retiring or withdrawing; withdrawal; departure.

noun. Specifically, the retirement, either forced or strategical, of an army before an enemy; an orderly withdrawal from action or position: distinguished from a flight, which lacks system or plan.

noun. The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from action; also, the order or disposition of ships declining an engagement.

noun. A signal given in the army or navy, by beat of drum or sound of trumpet, at sunset, or for retiring from exercise, parade, or action.

noun. Retirement; privacy; a state of seclusion from society or public life.

noun. Place of retirement or privacy; a refuge; an asylum; a place of security or peace.

noun. A period of retirement for religious self-examination, meditation, and special prayer.

To reconsider; examine anew.

intransitive verb. To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw.

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

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

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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.

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

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.

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

noun. A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion.

noun. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

noun. The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.

noun. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy, or security.

noun. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.

"He cites a Carleton University professor, Waller Newell, who regards that election as a vain retreat from the grimness of the Bush years: people expressing a naive wish, both at home and in Europe, for a peaceful future."

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Crete  Deet  Delete  Fleet  Grete  

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Jim Crow  abandon  abandonment  abscond  adytum  

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