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Definition retreat

Etymology 1

From Middle English retret, borrowed from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract.

Noun

retreat (plural retreats)

1. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
2. The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
3. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
4. (rare and obsolete, euphemistic) A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
5. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
6. A period of meditation, prayer or study.
7. Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
8. A signal for a military withdrawal.
9. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
10. A military ceremony to lower the flag.
11. (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.

Verb

retreat (third-person singular simple present retreats, present participle retreating, simple past and past participle retreated) (intransitive)

1. To withdraw from a position, go back.
2. (of a glacier) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
3. To slope back.

Etymology 2

re- +‎ treat

Verb

retreat (third-person singular simple present retreats, present participle retreating, simple past and past participle retreated)

1. (transitive) To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
2. (transitive) To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again

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