Definition of Retreats

1. Noun. (plural of retreat) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of retreat) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retreats

1. retreat [v] - See also: retreat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retreats

retreaded
retreading
retreads
retreat
retreat from reality
retreatant
retreatants
retreated
retreater
retreaters
retreatful
retreating
retreatlike
retreatment
retreatments
retreats (current term)
retree
retrees
retrench
retrenched
retrenches
retrenching
retrenchment
retrenchments
retriable
retrial
retrials
retribute
retributed
retributer

Literary usage of Retreats

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was the organizer of ecclesiastical retreats in France, ... St. Vincent de Paul established retreats for candidates for ordination first at Beauvais ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... but are recalled—Graham marches across the hills to Murguia—Relative strength and position of the hostile armies—Battle of Vittoria—Joseph retreats by ..."

3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"... but are recalled—Graham marches across the hills to Murguia—Relative strength and position of lhe hostile armies—Battle of Vittoria—Joseph retreats by ..."

4. Democracy and Liberty by William Edward Hartpole, Lecky (1896)
"retreats FOR INEBRIATES could be deprived of his liberty except for the commission of crime, and that simple drunkenness could not be treated as such.1 It ..."

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