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Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Retreatful :: Retreatful (a.) Furnishing or serving as a retreat.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..

Cave :: Cave (v. i.) To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter..

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city..

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

Bower :: Bower (n.) A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat..

Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley..

Retreat :: Retreat (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field..

Den :: Den (n.) Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.

Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..

Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..

Retreating :: Retreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrea.

Webform :: Webform (n.) Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding..

Retraict :: Retraict (n.) Retreat.

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..

Sanctum :: Sanctum (n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum..

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