Synonym: fall back, retire, reverse, withdraw. Antonym: advance. Similar words: get ready, treaty, entreat, treatment, stretch, stretch out, stream, streak. Meaning: [rɪ'trɪːt] 
n. 1. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat 2. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet 3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position 4. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset 5. an area where you can be alone 6. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation. v. 1. pull back or move away or backward 2. move away, as for privacy 3. move back 4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
n. 1. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat 2. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet 3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position 4. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset 5. an area where you can be alone 6. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation. v. 1. pull back or move away or backward 2. move away, as for privacy 3. move back 4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. 
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61. There is every sign to show that the enemy will retreat.
62. They decided to retreat lest they would be between two fires.
63. His whole family was castled up in at our country retreat.
64. On the eastern front the army was in full retreat.
65. When we saw the police arriving we beat a hasty retreat.
66. After the noise of the city he was glad to retreat to his hotel room.
67. He went into retreat at his country home to escape the attention of the media.
68. Yesterday'svote itself was a retreat from an earlier fallback position.
69. Want a quiet country retreat for your weekend break? Then look no further!
70. He went into retreat and tried to resolve the conflicts within himself.
71. Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.
72. The invading troops began to retreat after suffering heavy casualties.
73. We succeeded in cutting off the enemy's line of retreat.
74. He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact.
75. Confronted by the angry strikers(sentencedict.com/retreat.html)[sentencedict.com], the police had to retreat.
76. The soldiers were ordered to retreat to safer positions behind the lines.
77. The poacher beat a hasty retreat when he saw the police coming.
78. I saw my aunt coming and beat a hasty retreat .
79. The professor's speech marked/signalled a retreat from his usual extreme views.
80. The soldiers had to retreat when they were beaten in battle.
81. The President's remarks appear to signal that there will be no retreat from his position.
82. Lieutenant Peterson shouted the order to retreat.
83. I would rather die than retreat.
84. Club Med is the renowned retreat for lustful yuppies.
85. Then retreat along the trail. Mission accomplished.
86. Thoreau begins his quest with a retreat from society.
87. But we should not retreat into our inner selves.
88. The tiny cabin offered no opportunity for retreat.
89. The retreat gives me a kind of spiritual nourishment.
90. Their face-off on July 1 was a disastrous retreat.
More similar words: get ready, treaty, entreat, treatment, stretch, stretch out, stream, streak, great, contretemps, threat, create, greatly, threaten, creating, creature, mainstream, breathing, out of breath, get rid of, come true, metropolitan, active transport, tree, trend, eat, stress, street, neat, retail.