retreat
— Noun
– English
～ withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"
retreat
— Noun
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～ the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
retreat
— Noun
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～ a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
retreat
— Noun
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～ (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"
retreat
— Noun
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～ an area where you can be alone
retreat
— Verb
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～ move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
retreat
— Verb
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～ make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
retreat
— Verb
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～ move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
retreat
— Verb
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～ pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
retreatant
— Noun
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～ a participant in a religious retreat
retreated
— Noun
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～ people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"
retrench
— Verb
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～ make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"
retrench
— Verb
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～ tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
retrenchment
— Noun
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～ the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
retrenchment
— Noun
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～ entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
retrial
— Noun
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～ a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors
retribution
— Noun
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～ a justly deserved penalty
retribution
— Noun
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～ the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
retribution
— Noun
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～ the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
retributive
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"