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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121. It was not a conscious choice to retreat from public life into a private world.
122. It was once a retreat for the monks of the Celtic Church.
123. The decade's retreat from the cutting edge is certainly in evidence.
124. This move would either have won material or force Black to retreat into a hopelessly passive position.
125. Wounded men all round him tried to get up and retreat, but only brought eruptions of machine gun fire.
126. Her hands held the back of his neck, then loosened, and she turned on to her stomach but not in retreat.
127. At that time, Rommel was in retreat and the Eighth Army expected to enter the major port of Benghazi any day.
128. The Wall Street retreat was also nudged by fears throughout the day stirred by the continued budget impasse.
129. Did he not choose to retreat when his old enemy Rennenkampf was advancing?
129. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
130. It ended with heavy losses to the enemy and, finally, their retreat.
131. She would heed their call and they would immediately retreat into sudden apathy.
132. This caused his further retreat to a cave on Mount Kolzim.
133. He was too good at games for that, too central a figure among us to retreat into himself.
134. Why such a startling retreat from the nearly unanimous support for the free processing zone 18 months ago?
135. The Sandinistas were forced into a temporary retreat but returned later with reinforcements to do battle in the streets.
136. Then, thanking him, I beat a hasty retreat to the sacristy door and knocked.
137. The hot wind blows a storm of dust and leaves, and the women retreat into their houses.
138. More significant for Scandinavia was its retreat in 1950 back to limited and relatively non-controversial sectoral coordination at the regional level.
139. The prayer opposite was composed last year by deacons on retreat before they were ordained priests and missionaries.
140. Only once was the congressional retreat beneath the Greenbrier Hotel put on alert and readied for possible occupancy.
141. Standing aside can allow a choice of entry and retreat as desired.
142. The dignity of the law has met the volatility of Nature and has been forced to retreat.
143. He informed us that our brigade was to be the rear guard of the army[sentencedict.com], which was in full retreat.
144. Every word stops me turning away and closing my eyes, to block it out, to let me retreat into sleep.
145. But the playroom is to be absorbed into the retreat and conference centre next year.
146. Admit temporary defeat with good grace, retreat, reconsider and wait.
147. Taylor was forced to retreat to the eastern outskirts of Monrovia on Oct. 12 following aerial bombardment of his positions.
148. Most of the Others were too paralyzed with fright to move; but some began a slow, stumbling retreat.
149. No, there had always been routes through from Earth into the Dominions, other than that at the Retreat.
150. Incidentally, after 18 ... f4 the retraction 19 a3 could be more promising than Timman's retreat.
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