retreat
/ɹɪˈtɹiːt/ nom B2En français : retraite
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack. · The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security. · a mountain retreat
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study. · We both need a week retreat after those two stressful years working in the city.· a Buddhist retreat
- A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- A military ceremony to lower the flag.
Pluriel retreats
Dans la bibliothèque
d’Avrigny alone had followed Madame de Villefort with his eyes, and watched her hurried retreat.
She marched the shrinking ghost-seer down to the spring and ordered her to proceed straightway over the bridge and into the dusky retreats of wailing ladies and headless specters beyond.
From this convenient retreat, the watchers were being watched and the trackers tracked.
If you examine among those documents which he took with him into his retreat, I will lay you a wager that you find the seal with the thumb-mark upon it.”
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