| retreat |
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops" a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position withdraw: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer" hideaway: an area where you can be alone retrograde: move back; "The glacier retrogrades" retirement: withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity" make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "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"
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| retrenchment |
entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable
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| retrieval |
(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor" recovery: the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
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| retrobulbar neuritis |
inflammation of the optic nerve behind the eye; common in multiple sclerosis
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| retroflexion |
retroversion: a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "retroversion of the uterus" retroflection: an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth retroflection: the act of bending backward
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