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retreat

[ri-treet] / rɪˈtrit /
NOUN
departure
Synonyms
STRONGEST
evacuation flight withdrawal
STRONG
ebb retirement
Antonyms
WEAK
advance arrival coming
NOUN
place one goes for peace
Synonyms
STRONGEST
haven hideaway refuge resort sanctuary shelter
STRONG
ark asylum cell cloister convent cover covert defense den habitat harbor haunt hermitage port privacy retirement seclusion security solitude
WEAK
adytum hiding place ivory tower safe house safe place
Antonyms
WEAK
advance arrival coming
VERB
pull back, go away
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abandon back down back off backtrack depart escape evacuate fall back go go back hide leave pull out recede reel retire reverse shrink withdraw
STRONG
avoid back decamp disengage ebb elude evade fold quail quit recoil regress relinquish resign retrograde run sequester vacate
WEAK
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
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advance come continue enter forge forward go forward keep meet remain stay
STRONG
face take on

Example Sentences

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So what prompted the retreat to the sidelines?

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

This explains the sense Ms. Edebiri exudes of being suddenly marooned and adrift, and in retreat in some way from adulthood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Fr Gerard Mongan, administrator of Long Tower parish, said people from all over Ireland had come to the retreat.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

It may well be that the duo have decided to relocate to one of their other impressive properties, which include a home in London and a countryside retreat in upstate New York.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The whole would be, as MacKaye ecstatically described it, “a retreat from profit”—a notion that others saw as “smacking of Bolshevism,” in the words of one biographer.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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