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retreat
noun as in departure
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noun as in place one goes for peace
verb as in pull back, go away
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Example Sentences
Curtains that once graced the windows of a royal retreat have been turned into Christmas stockings to be auctioned for charity.
Still, Dench remains characteristically grounded, crediting her support network and refusing to frame her condition as a reason to retreat entirely from public life.
The explanation comes from the repeated advance and retreat of glaciers during a previous martian ice age.
The term, which describes young adults who retreat into small rooms, avoid socializing and spend long stretches in bed scrolling on their phones, has exploded across platforms and accumulated billions of views.
Turns out that retreating from head coach to offensive coordinator wasn’t a great fit for Chip Kelly.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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