Retreat synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
Reverse means to go backward, or to turn inside out or to the correct side.
Reel means to go around and around.
Discontinuance of the use of a drug or other substance, especially one that is addictive.
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To go out of or away from:
give ground
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
(Intransitive) To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
To move or go quickly or hurriedly:
The definition of a departure is a deviation, or the act of leaving or starting on a trip.
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The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
backing out
The act of retreating
The ability to fly:
The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.
(Figuratively) Conditions for advancing in any way.
running-away
The act of retreating
Seclusion is defined as isolation, privacy or being away from others, or a private or sheltered place that is away from others.
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The state of being secluded or uninhabited:
The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others:
The state of being covered or protected; protection; refuge
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
Protection or shelter; refuge:
A place of refuge or protection; asylum: orig., fugitives from justice were immune from arrest in churches or other sacred places
A place or thing furnishing protection; refuge
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A place where one can hide, be secluded, etc.
A rich, full-bodied, usually red wine produced in southeast France.
To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
To leave or return, as from a military position.
To withdraw from an undertaking
To draw back:
To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run:
start back
To retire
(Idiomatic) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
(Idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.
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(Idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
To empty or remove the contents of (a closed space or container).
To free or detach oneself; withdraw.
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
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To move rapidly; go swiftly
shorten one's lines
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
(Rare) To escape; get away
advance (antonym)
The money so paid.
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progress (antonym)
Development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal:
progression (antonym)
A continuous series; a sequence:
front (antonym)
A specified area of activity
exposed position (antonym)
A place to which one retreats
van. See syn. study at shelter.shelter (antonym)
A place to which one retreats
stay (antonym)
(Archaic) To stop moving or stop doing something.
continue (antonym)
To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist:
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attack (antonym)
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
drive forward (antonym)
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
draw-in-one-s-horns
Alternative form of pull in one's horns.
(Insurance) Coverage.
Something in reserve that one can turn to for help
(Category theory) Given a pair of morphisms and with a common codomain, Z, their pullback is a pair of morphisms and as well as their common domain, P, such that the equation is satisfied, and for which there is the universal property that for any other object Q for which there are also morphisms , ; there is a unique morphism such that and .
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A withdrawal, especially of troops.
To fall away or back; decline or recede.
To move backward quickly, as in boxing to avoid blows
To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw.
give ground (or way)
The material so discharged.
drawing back
The act of retreating
(Literally) To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.
A retiring or being retired; specif., withdrawal from work, business, etc. because of age
An altering or moving of a person or thing from one location to another.
A deterioration or decline to a previous state
The definition of a recession is a slow economic period where the gross domestic product declines and unemployment increases for two or more quarters.
The act of retreating
Same as confession and avoidance.
A plan or system for defending
Security is defined as being free from danger, or feeling safe.
Strategic protection given by armed units during hostile action:
(Computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware) on Wikipedia.
place of concealment
A place to which one retreats
hiding-place
A place where something or someone may be safely hidden
(Chiefly Southern US) A ghost or other supernatural being.
An artificial environment created for an animal to live in:
A cell is defined as the smallest unit of an organism with a nucleus.
A religious community whose members (especially nuns) live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
Life in a monastery or convent.
Having a brief, regularly occurring, apparently backward movement in the sky as viewed from Earth against the background of fixed stars. Retrograde movement of the planets is caused by the differing orbital velocities of Earth and the body observed. For example, the outer planets normally appear to drift gradually eastward in the sky in relation to the fixed stars; that is, they appear night after night to fall a little farther behind the neighboring stars in their westward passage across the sky. However, at certain times a particular planet appears briefly to speed up and move westward a bit more quickly than the neighboring stars. This happens as Earth, in its faster inner orbit, overtakes and passes the planet in its slower outer orbit; the appearance of moving counter to its usual eastward drift is thus simply the result of perspective as seen from Earth.
Shrink is defined as to become less, reduce or make smaller.
seclude oneself
To retire
keep aloof
To retire
To retire
To put or keep out of sight; secrete; conceal
separate from
To retire
To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable:
To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended); stop doing or adhering to.
Simple past tense of lie down.
sequester oneself
To retire
To go back; recede.
(Idiomatic) To lower the setting of.
vacate the position
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
march out
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
move behind
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
beat-a-retreat
(Idiomatic) To leave hastily in the face of opposition.
be routed
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
flee in disorder
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
execute a strategic withdrawal
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
To live or hide in or as in a den
dropback
To move in a reverse direction
To move in a reverse direction
To go as fast as possible, especially in fleeing:
(Scotland) To mire.
coming (antonym)
Coming means an arrival.
extension (antonym)
(Computer Science) A set of characters that follow a filename and are separated from it by a period, used to identify the kind of file.
forge (antonym)
(Often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty.
meet (antonym)
Meet is defined as to come face to face with, be there when someone or something arrives, or to be introduced.
face (antonym)
To acknowledge and accept or deal with:
Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
(Idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
fink out
(Idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
retrace one's steps
forward (related)
(Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, etc.) Any of the players positioned ahead of the rest of the team when they are at the offensive end of the court, field, etc.
approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
resist (related)
To keep from yielding to, being affected by, or enjoying
(Intransitive) To move in a direction opposite where one is facing, keeping some (most) of your attention on the thing in front being avoided.
(Informal) To withdraw from a position; back down
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
safe place
A place to which one retreats
A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress
A breastwork outside a fortification, to defend approaches, etc.
To cause to move backward or in a reverse direction:
(Intransitive) To take or declare a break.
(Idiomatic) To move ahead.
sojourn (related)
stroll (related)
wilderness (related)
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