Retreat

Noun

 * 1) The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
 * 2) The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
 * 3) A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy, or security.
 * 4) A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
 * 5) A period of meditation, prayer or study
 * 6) Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
 * 7) A signal for a military withdrawal.
 * 8) A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
 * 9) A military ceremony to lower the flag.

Verb

 * 1) To withdraw military forces.

Adjectives for Retreat
tardy; ignominious; hasty; immediate; subterranean; verdant; hospitable; bloody; sacred; timely; final; hurried; sunless; precipitate; reckless; swift; panic-stricken; dignified; grateful; epic; flurried; chosen; beloved; circuitous; masterly; lonely; secluded; orderly; crippled; hasty; base; ultimate; snug; double-quick; disastrous; cavernous; rural; gracious; foul; ruinous; secure; serene; secret; favorite; despairing; soft; honorable; glorious,

Verbs for Retreat
advocate—; beat—; censure—; chase into—; drive into—; fall back in—; flee in—; force into—; hasten—; move in—; occasion —; order—; shrink in—; sound—; withdraw in—; —averts; —defeats; —saves.

Adverbs for Retreat
cringingly; ignominiously; precipitately; irrationally; coquettishly; cravenly; disastrously; ruinously; serenely; honorably; despairingly; pusillanimously.

Thesaurus
abandon, abandonment, abscond, adytum, alcove, almshouse, apartheid, apartness, arbor, ascend, ashram, asylum, avoid, avoidance, back, back down, back out, balance, bank, beat a retreat, blench, blink, bolt-hole, bow out, bower, bowl, cabinet, cache, cant, capitulation, careen, catabasis, cell, cession, climb, climb down, cloister, closet, collapse, concealment, conservatory, corner, cover, covert, coverture, cranny, crash, cringe, cubby, cubbyhole, cup, dark corner, debate, decamp, decampment, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo, deliberate, demur, den, depart, departure, descend, detachment, die away, diminish, diminuendo, dip, disappear, disengage, disengagement, dish, dive, dodge, downtrend, downturn, draw back, draw off, drift away, drop, duck, dugout, dwindle, dwindling, ebb, egress, escape, evacuate, evacuation, evade, evasion, exit, exodus, fade, fade away, fall, fall away, fall back, fall off, fallback, falter, fear, flee, flight, flinch, fly, foster home, foxhole, funk hole, gazebo, getaway, give, give back, give ground, give place, giving in, giving over, giving up, glasshouse, go, go away, go back, go downhill, go uphill, going, grade, greenhouse, halfway house, hang back, harbor, harborage, haven, hegira, hem and haw, hermitage, hesitate, hideaway, hideout, hidey hole, hiding, hiding place, hole, hollow, holy of holies, home, hospice, hospitium, hover, hum and haw, incline, incurve, isolation, isolationism, ivory tower, jib, keel, kiosk, lair, lapse, lathhouse, lean, leave, leaving, list, lose ground, mew, move away, move back, move off, niche, nook, nursing home, orphanage, parting, passing, pause, pergola, pitch, plunge, ponder, poor farm, poorhouse, port, privacy, privatism, privatization, pull away, pull back, pull out, pullback, pullout, quail, quarantine, quit, rake, recede, recedence, receding, recess, recession, reclusion, recoil, reculade, reel back, refuge, relinquishment, remission, removal, remove, renunciation, resort, rest home, retire, retirement, retract, retractation, retractility, retraction, retrocede, retrocedence, retrograde, rise, run away, run back, rustication, sanctuary, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, scruple, seclusion, secrecy, secret place, segregation, separation, sequestration, sheer off, shelter, shelve, shilly-shally, shrink, shrink back, shy, sidestep, sidestepping, sidle, sink, slant, slope, slowdown, slump, solitude, splendid isolation, stand back, stand off, start aside, start back, stash, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, subsidence, summerhouse, surrender, swag, sway, swerve, take flight, think twice about, tilt, tip, turn aside, turn tail, undercovert, uprise, vacate, vanish, walkout, wane, weasel, weasel out, widen the distance, wince, withdraw, withdrawal, withdrawment, workhouse, yield

Etymology
From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret (to draw back), from Latin retrahere (retract).

Pronunciation