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Definitions for Retreated

[1] to treat again.
[2] the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
[3] the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion.
[4] a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy: The library was his retreat.
[5] an asylum, as for the insane.
[6] a retirement or a period of retirement for religious exercises and meditation.
[7] Military . a flag-lowering ceremony held at sunset on a military post. the bugle call or drumbeat played at this ceremony.
[8] the recession of a surface, as a wall or panel, from another surface beside it.
[9] to withdraw, retire, or draw back, especially for shelter or seclusion.
[10] to make a retreat: The army retreated.
[11] to slope backward; recede: a retreating chin.
[12] to draw or lead back.
[13] 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
[14] to retire or withdraw, as to seclusion or shelter
[15] (of a person's features) to slope back; recede
[16] (tr) chess to move (a piece) back
[17] the act of retreating or withdrawing
[18] 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
[19] retirement or seclusion
[20] a place, such as a sanatorium or monastery, to which one may retire for refuge, quiet, etc
[21] a period of seclusion, esp for religious contemplation
[22] an institution, esp a private one, for the care and treatment of people who are mentally ill, infirm, elderly, etc

Words related to Retreated

re-treatreverse, depart, backtrack, retire, recede, evacuate, leave, abandon, withdraw, escape, go, hide, reel, shrink, relinquish, quit, run, ebb, resign, avoid

Words nearby Retreated

re-treatre-sort, re-sound, re-strain, re-trace, re-tread, re-treat, re-up, re-uptake, re., rea, rea silvia

Origin of Retreated

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

Words that may be confused with Retreated

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, retreatre-treat, retreat

Other words from Retreated

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

Word origin for Retreated

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

Synonyms for Retreated

abandon, back down, back off, backtrack, depart, escape, evacuate, fall back, go, go back, hide, leave, pull out, recede, reel, retire, reverse, shrink, withdraw, avoid, back, decamp, disengage, ebb, elude, evade, fold, quail, quit, recoil, regress, relinquish, resign, retrograde, run, sequester, vacate, back away, back out, beat it, cave in, draw back, give ground, go along with, hand over, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, move back, opt out, retrocede, seclude oneself, start back, turn tail