Meaning Of The Word Retreat

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retreat
countable noun: A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private.
verb: If you retreat from something such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme.
verb: If you retreat, you move away from something or someone.
verb: When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them.

retreat in American English
noun: the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action

retreat in British English
to withdraw or retire in the face of or from action with an enemy, either due to defeat or in order to adopt a more favourable position
noun: the act of retreating or withdrawing

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