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(noun) retirement
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity
(noun) hideaway
an area where you can be alone
(verb) back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, withdraw
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
(verb) retire, pull away, pull back, recede, withdraw, draw back, move back
pull back or move away or backward
The enemy withdrew; The limo pulled away from the curb
(verb) retrograde
move back
The glacier retrogrades