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Definitions for Retreat

[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 flag-lowering ceremony held at sunset on a military post. 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.
[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.
[12] beat a retreat , to withdraw or retreat, especially hurriedly or in disgrace.
[13] to treat again.
[14] 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
[15] to retire or withdraw, as to seclusion or shelter
[16] (of a person's features) to slope back; recede
[17] (tr) chess to move (a piece) back
[18] the act of retreating or withdrawing
[19] military a withdrawal or retirement in the face of the enemy a bugle call signifying withdrawal or retirement, esp (formerly) to within a defended fortification
[20] retirement or seclusion
[21] a place, such as a sanatorium or monastery, to which one may retire for refuge, quiet, etc
[22] a period of seclusion, esp for religious contemplation
[23] an institution, esp a private one, for the care and treatment of people who are mentally ill, infirm, elderly, etc

Words related to Retreat

evacuation, flight, withdrawal, sanctuary, hideaway, shelter, resort, haven, refuge, reverse, depart, backtrack, retire, recede, evacuate, leave, abandon, withdraw, escape, go

Words nearby Retreat

retractor, retrain, retrainee, retral, retread, retreat, retreat from reality, retreatant, retreatism, retrench, retrenchment

Origin of Retreat

-treatFirst recorded in 1880–85; re- + treat

Words that may be confused with Retreat

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, re-treatre-treat, retreat

Other words from Retreat

re·treat·al , adjective
re·treat·er , noun
re·treat·ive , adjective

Word origin for Retreat

C14: from Old French retret , from retraire to withdraw, from Latin retrahere to pull back; see retract

Synonyms for Retreat

evacuation, flight, withdrawal, ebb, retirement