retreat
n 1: (military) withdrawal to a more favorable position
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: a area where you can be alone [syn: {hideaway}]
6: withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "a religous
retreat" [syn: {retirement}]
v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {withdraw}, {pull
away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back}, {retire}, {move
back}]
2: move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to
Castelgondolfo every summer"
3: move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: {retrograde}]
4: make a retreat; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting
with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise" [syn: {back
out}, {back away}, {crawfish}, {crawfish out}, {withdraw}]