retreat

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

re·treat (rĭ-trētʹ)n.
1.
a. The act or process of withdrawing, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant.
b. The process of going backward or receding from a position or condition gained.
2. A place affording peace, quiet, privacy, or security. See Synonyms at shelter.
3.
a. A period of seclusion, retirement, or solitude.
b. A period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, or study:
a religious retreat.
4.
a. Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.
b. The signal for such withdrawal.
c. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
d. The military ceremony of lowering the flag.v. re·treat·ed, re·treat·ing, re·treatsv. intr.
1. To fall or draw back; withdraw or retire. See Synonyms at recede¹.
2. To slope backward.v. tr. Games
To move (a chess piece) back. [Middle English retret, from Old French retrait, retret, from past participle of retraire, retrere, to draw back, from Latin retrahere. See retract.] re·treatʹer n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  retirement, hideaway, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw, retrograde, pull away, draw back, recede, retire, move back
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, pass on, move on, march on, go on