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noun
1.
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
2.
the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion.
3.
a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy: The library was his retreat.
4.
an asylum, as for the insane.
5.
a retirement or a period of retirement for religious exercises and meditation.
6.
Military.
a.
a flag-lowering ceremony held at sunset on a military post.
b.
the bugle call or drumbeat played at this ceremony.
7.
the recession of a surface, as a wall or panel, from another surface beside it.
verb (used without object)
8.
to withdraw, retire, or draw back, especially for shelter or seclusion.
9.
to make a retreat: The army retreated.
10.
to slope backward; recede: a retreating chin.
11.
to draw or lead back.
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beat a retreat, to withdraw or retreat, especially hurriedly or in disgrace.
Origin:
1300–50; (noun) Middle English retret < Old French, variant of retrait, noun use of past participle of retraire to draw back < Latin retrahere (re- re- + trahere to draw; see retract1); (v.) late Middle English retreten < Middle French retraitier < Latin retractāre to retract2
1300–50; (noun) Middle English retret < Old French, variant of retrait, noun use of past participle of retraire to draw back < Latin retrahere (re- re- + trahere to draw; see retract1); (v.) late Middle English retreten < Middle French retraitier < Latin retractāre to retract2
Related forms
re·treat·al, adjective
re·treat·er, noun
re·treat·ive, adjective
Antonyms
1, 8, 9. advance.
1, 8, 9. advance.
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retreat (rɪˈtriːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | military to withdraw or retire in the face of or from action with an enemy, either due to defeat or in order to adopt a more favourable position |
| 2. | to retire or withdraw, as to seclusion or shelter |
| 3. | (of a person's features) to slope back; recede |
| 4. | (tr) chess to move (a piece) back |
| —n | |
| 5. | the act of retreating or withdrawing |
| 6. | military |
| a. a withdrawal or retirement in the face of the enemy | |
| b. a bugle call signifying withdrawal or retirement, esp (formerly) to within a defended fortification | |
| 7. | retirement or seclusion |
| 8. | a place, such as a sanatorium or monastery, to which one may retire for refuge, quiet, etc |
| 9. | a period of seclusion, esp for religious contemplation |
| 10. | an institution, esp a private one, for the care and treatment of people who are mentally ill, infirm, elderly, etc |
| [C14: from Old French retret, from retraire to withdraw, from Latin retrahere to pull back; see | |
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Word Origin & History
retreat
c.1300, from O.Fr. retret, noun use of pp. of retrere "draw back," from L. retrahere "draw back," from re- "back" + trahere "to draw" (see tract (1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from 1423; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. The verb is first attested 1422.
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