retreated

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R0196800 (rĭ-trēt′)n.1. a. The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant: made a retreat from hectic city life to the country.b. Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.c. The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller: glaciers in retreat from positions of advancement.d. The process of changing or undergoing change in one's thinking or in a position: a leader's retreat from political radicalism.e. A decline in value: a retreat in housing prices.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. The signal for a military withdrawal: Sound the retreat!b. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.c. The military ceremony of lowering the flag.v. re·treat·ed, re·treat·ing, re·treats v.intr.1. To move backward or away; withdraw or retire: retreated to his study. See Synonyms at recede¹.2. To make a military retreat.3. To move back from a position of advancement or become smaller: land that emerged when the oceans retreated.4. To change or undergo change in one's thinking or in a position: They retreated from their demands.5. To decline in value: Stocks retreated in morning trading.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·treat′er n.

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retreated - people who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

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