retreated Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun people who have retreated
- he had only contempt for the retreated
verb pull back or move away or backward
retire; recede; pull back; move back; withdraw; pull away; draw back; retreat.
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
verb move away, as for privacy
retreat.
- The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer
verb move back
retreat; retrograde.
- The glacier retrogrades
verb make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
back away; back out; crawfish; pull back; pull in one's horns; crawfish out; withdraw; retreat.
- 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