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retreat
Part of speech: NounThe act of with drawing or retiring; place of privacy; shelter; asylum; the retiring of troops from the face of an enemy; a bugle call which is a signal for retiring from an engagement, or to quarters.
Part of speech: VerbTo go back or backward; withdraw to seclusion or to a place of safety; retire before an enemy.
Usage examples "retreat":- Lyon and the retreat of his army from Springfield. - "The Struggle for Missouri", John McElroy.
- Two years of retreat from the world is generally thought to be the proper thing for a widow. - "The Eustace Diamonds", Anthony Trollope.
- You would see the Countess Romani, who is in retreat here? - "Vendetta A Story of One Forgotten", Marie Corelli.