 Synonyms for retreat 
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1. (noun) retreat
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
Synonyms: retirement, hideaway
Antonyms: procession, advance, onward motion, advancement, progression, progress, forward motion
2. (noun) retreat
a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
Synonyms: retirement, hideaway
Antonyms: advancement, progress, progression, advance, onward motion, procession, forward motion
3. (noun) retreat
(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
Synonyms: retirement, hideaway
Antonyms: advance, procession, progression, forward motion, advancement, onward motion, progress
4. (noun) retreat
(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
Synonyms: retirement, hideaway
Antonyms: advancement, advance, progression, forward motion, procession, onward motion, progress
5. (noun) hideaway, retreat
an area where you can be alone
Synonyms: retreat, retirement, hideout, den, hideaway
Antonyms: forward motion, advance, progression, procession, advancement, onward motion, progress
6. (noun) retirement, retreat
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
Synonyms: retreat, retirement, hideaway
Antonyms: progress, advance, forward motion, procession, progression, onward motion, advancement
7. (verb) retreat
the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
Synonyms: retirement, hideaway
Antonyms: onward motion, procession, forward motion, progress, progression, advancement, advance
8. (verb) withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
pull back or move away or backward
Synonyms: call in, swallow, sequester, lose, seclude, crawfish out, drop off, retire, crawfish, hit the hay, retreat, take, back away, strike out, back out, put out, take back, hit the sack, pull away, take out, fall back, unsay, turn in, crawl in, bow out, fall behind, draw back, recede, bed, sack out, recall, move back, retrograde, call back, go to sleep, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, go to bed, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, draw off, retract, pull back, kip down, remove
Antonyms: procession, progress, advance, forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progression
9. (verb) retreat
move away, as for privacy
Synonyms: pull away, crawfish, draw back, back out, back away, retrograde, recede, withdraw, pull in one's horns, move back, retire, crawfish out, pull back
Antonyms: procession, advancement, advance, forward motion, onward motion, progression, progress
10. (verb) retrograde, retreat
move back
Synonyms: draw back, retrogress, withdraw, back away, regress, retire, hash over, back out, retrograde, crawfish, move back, rehash, retreat, recede, pull away, pull in one's horns, pull back, crawfish out
Antonyms: progression, progress, advance, onward motion, advancement, procession, forward motion
11. (verb) retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Synonyms: recall, retract, call in, draw back, take away, sequester, swallow, withdraw, back out, back away, draw off, remove, seclude, take, retire, draw, take back, pull back, call back, retrograde, crawfish, move back, retreat, sequestrate, recede, bow out, pull away, take out, adjourn, pull in one's horns, unsay, crawfish out, disengage
Antonyms: procession, progress, advancement, progression, advance, onward motion, forward motion
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