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Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. i.) To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company..

Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..

Shade :: Shade (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat..

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..

Creephole :: Creephole (n.) A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger..

Recede :: Recede (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

Retirement :: Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

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..

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..

Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) Retreat; refuge.

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable..

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

Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..

Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp..

Retraict :: Retraict (n.) Retreat.

Brigand :: Brigand (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter..

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

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

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