Word
Retreat
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
re-treat
Definition
- n. - The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially
from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
- n. - The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or
safety; a refuge; an asylum.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the
purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A special season of solitude and silence to engage in
religious exercises.
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