Retreat is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for RETREAT in dictionary:

VERB:
• to go back
• (of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat
• move back or withdraw
• withdraw to a quiet or secluded place
• (of shares) decline in value
• move (a piece) back from a forward or threatened position on the board.
• move back from a position, withdraw
• To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
• pull back or move away or backward
• move away, as for privacy
• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
• change one's mind or plans as a result of criticism or difficulty
NOUN:
• an act of moving back or withdrawing
• a signal for a military force to withdraw
• a military musical ceremony carried out at sunset, originating in the playing of drums and bugles to tell soldiers to return to camp for the night.
• a quiet or secluded place in which one can rest and relax
• a period or place of seclusion for the purposes of prayer and meditation
• a decline in the value of shares
• The act of retiring or withdrawing one\'s self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
• The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
• The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
• The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
• A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
• A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
• A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy\'s superior forces or after a defeat
• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
• an area where you can be alone
• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
• act of or military signal for retiring or withdrawal
• an act of changing one's mind or plans as a result of criticism or difficulty
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to go back or backward

Words related to RETREAT

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Words that contain RETREAT

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How to use RETREAT in a sentence

• But we presently found that our retreat was not secure.
• It was in fact a masterly retreat, but a retreat nevertheless.
• In this humble retreat she had many visitors from among her illustrious friends.
• I know not one of all your attendants who does not lament the hour when he entered this retreat.
• And now it was the blue that was in full retreat and the crimson that pursued.
• Here partition, screen, and wall Are sinking, bowing to their fall, And, unless we soon retreat, Wreck and ruin us will greet.
• Every Austrian province was to be opened to him if he required it in case of retreat.
• But the Swedes had advanced too far to retreat without hazard.
• Was it in retreat? He forgot about the door, and watched as the dome shifted and creaked.
• Nor did the men of the Naval Division, as has been frequently asserted in England, cover the Belgian retreat.
• He fought wildly to get back to the shelter of his logs, but the four ounce rod had spring enough in it to hold him firmly away from that dangerous retreat.
• I encountered the most imminent peril of my life when I entered this retreat, and when I quitted it.
• MAURICE does more than revive our fading recollections of the retreat from Mons and the marvellous recovery on the Marne.
• In his first attempt at Granson, his vanguard is cut off, and he is compelled to retreat into Burgundy.
• The towns upon the line of their retreat revolted and shut their gates, defying even such commanders as Severus and Trajan.
• At retreat he stood at attention in the long line, and watched the flag moving slowly and majestically to the stirring bugle notes.
• This great army in retreat was made up of every type familiar in Paris.
• But there are no hopeful signs here of a German retreat.
• A general retreat from our front might be ordered at any moment.
• Bragdon and Milly had discovered this particular retreat, which was small and secluded and usually rather empty.
• Those in front, unable indeed to retreat, were cut down by the heavy axes.
• Ministers now abandoned the bill, being in such a position, by the Catholic majority in the commons, as rendered honourable retreat impossible.
• Even the smallest troop will not throw itself upon its enemy without thinking of its line of retreat, and, in most cases, it will have an eye upon that of the enemy also.
• There was a lake in the rear of the Rebels which prevented their retreat.
• A retreat was sounded, and the cavalry fell back upon its support.
• The retreat was made in full view of the Federal scouts.
• THE RETREAT UPON RAVENNA Honorius and Galla Placidia V.
• All four couples, joining hands in circle, advance and retreat twice.
• They have made retreat in our house, to make their general confessions, and perform similar exercises, greatly to their own profit and to the edification of the people.
• It was true that for Apaecides there was no retreat.

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