retreat

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
2. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
3. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
4. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
5. (euphemistic, obsolete, rare) A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
6. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
7. A signal for a military withdrawal.
8. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
9. A military ceremony to lower the flag.
10. The move of a piece from a threatened position.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
2. (intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
3. (intransitive) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
4. (intransitive) To slope back.

Verb

Alternative spelling of re-treat.

Συνώνυμα

withdraw

withdrawal

retire

recede

flight

✈️

draw back

retirement

fall back

move back

pull back

reverse

return

escape

back up

move backwards

retrograde

refuge

run away

retract

hideaway

asylum

flee

back away

recoil

yield

departure

go away

hermitage

seclusion

shelter

leave

step back

recession

receding

crawfish

solitude

fly

✈️

pull away

back down

crawfish out

go backwards

regress

go back

going away

resort

back off

retreatment

retrogression

back out

running away

sanctuary

lair

march off

retreating

draw aside

retrogress

die

💀

break

beat a retreat

backpedal

backward

push aside

den

backslide

covert

run

pull in one’s horns

disappear

shy away from

depart

expire

haven

reprocessing

hesitate

decline

pass away

go backward

ebb

get out of the way

move away

pullback

pull out

quit

recall

recant

reconditioning

recourse

refuse to accept

regression

rehandle

relapse

relent

removal

repeal

repurify

rerun

retiring

retraction

reversal

revocation

reworking

rout

rupture

say farewell

scour

scramble

scuffle

seat

💺

send back

separate

setback

shirk

shorten

shrink

slam

stir

strike

subside

subsidence

take back

thrash

thresh

throb

spring back

turning back

vanishing

wallop

ward off

whip

backward movement

ceding back

decide against

defer to

get loose

go forth

Hermitage

lose ground

move backward

resile

secluded place

shrink back

shrink from

shy away

stand down

take flight

walk backwards

hermit’s cell

drawing back

flee away

stepping back

remachine

remachining

subduce

depression

loneliness

pleasure-house

graze along

move closer

order a retreat

withdraw troops

religious contemplation

start back

retooling

fleeing away

marching back

turning away the face

lurking place

withdraw the troops

take shalter

recedence

secondary conversion

back

🔙

izolation

abate

abatement

abode

advance

annuity

applaud

avert

backing up

bang

beat

blench

bolt-hole

bow

🙇

bow out

budge

camp

campsite

cave in

clap

👏

climb down

coin

🪙

concede

course of action

cream

cringe

cubby

curtail

decease

declination

deduct

defeat

defend

deference

degenerate

desist

deviation

disappearance

disengagement

draw off

drive back

drop back

drop out

duel

ebb away

etc.

evacuation

excuse

fan

fend

fiddle

fight

flinch

flow

fly away

get out

give

give back

give in

give up

give way to

going back

hammer

🔨

hide-away

hideout

hiding place

hit

hospice

house

🏠

inch

lavatory

leaving

movement

palpitate

pension

place of refuge

place of residence

pound

💷

prevent

privacy

Μεταφράσεις

retraite

Rückzug

retirarse

reculer

battre en retraite

retraite

refugio

retirada

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɹɪˈtɹiːt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: retret

In summary

From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract, retrait, and ritratto.