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retreat

n.

The act of retreating
retirement, removal, evacuation, departure, escape, withdrawal, drawing back, reversal, retrogression, backing out, flight, recession, retraction, going, running away, eluding, evasion, avoidance, recoil.
Antonyms advance*, progress, progression.
A place to which one retreats
seclusion, solitude, privacy, shelter, refuge, asylum, safe place, defense, sanctuary, security, cover, ark, harbor, port, haven, place of concealment, hiding place, hideaway*, resort, haunt, habitat, hermitage, cell, convent, cloister; see also refuge 1.
Antonyms front*, exposed position, van. See syn. study at shelter.shelter.

beat a retreat

evacuate, abandon, withdraw; see leave 1, retreat 2.

retreat Synonyms

retreat

v.

To retire
recede, withdraw, draw back, retrograde, back out, retract, leave, go, depart, recoil, shrink, quail, run, reel, start back, pull back, reverse, seclude oneself, keep aloof, keep apart, hide, separate from, regress, resign, relinquish, lay down, hand over, sequester oneself, retrocede, backtrack, back off, back down, chicken out*.
Antonyms stay*, continue, advance.
In battle, to execute a forced retirement
evacuate, abandon, leave, withdraw, back out, vacate the position, retire, remove, pull out, march out, disengage, turn back, fall back, draw back, move back, give ground, move behind, beat a retreat, back down, escape, decamp, fly, run away, turn tail, be routed, give way, flee, flee in disorder, execute a strategic withdrawal, shorten one's lines, avoid, evade, elude.
Antonyms attack*, progress, drive forward.

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Another word for retreat

noun

Something that physically protects, especially from danger:
asylum, cover, covert, harbor, haven, protection, refuge, sanctuary, shelter. See attack, safety
The moving back of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:
fallback, pullback, pullout, retirement, withdrawal. See forward

verb

To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark:
ebb, recede, retract, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. See approach
To move in a reverse direction:
back, backpedal, backtrack, fall back, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. Idiom: retrace one's steps. See forward
To abandon a former position or commitment:
back down (or out), renege. (Slang) cop out, fink out. See resist
To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:
draw back, fall back, pull back, pull out, retire, withdraw. Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground (or way). See forward