Retreat
nounid
118129·updated May 16, 2026“Retreat” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
polysemous
Attested in
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- §2
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
- §3
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- §4
- an area where you can be alone
- §5
- (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- §6
- a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- §7
- a place of privacy
Outgoing relationships
No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.
Incoming relationships
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No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.