Definition of retreat

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Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

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Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Retreating :: Retreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrea.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..
Webform :: Webform (n.) Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding..
Recede :: Recede (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Retreatment :: Retreatment (n.) The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..
Concealment :: Concealment (n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.
Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..
Den :: Den (n.) Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.
Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) 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..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable..
Retreatful :: Retreatful (a.) Furnishing or serving as a retreat.
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
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