retreat

Etymology 1
From, from or , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
 * 2) The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
 * 3)  Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
 * 4) A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
 * 5)  A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
 * 6) A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
 * 7) A period of meditation, prayer or study.
 * 8)  A signal for a military withdrawal.
 * 9)  A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
 * 10)  A military ceremony to lower the flag.
 * 11)  The move of a piece from a threatened position.
 * 1) A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
 * 2) A period of meditation, prayer or study.
 * 3)  A signal for a military withdrawal.
 * 4)  A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
 * 5)  A military ceremony to lower the flag.
 * 6)  The move of a piece from a threatened position.
 * 1)  A military ceremony to lower the flag.
 * 2)  The move of a piece from a threatened position.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَرَاجُع, اِنْسِحَاب
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: geriyə çəkilmə, geriçəkilmə
 * Belarusian: адступле́нне, адступле́ньне,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: perääntyminen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latin: recessus
 * Macedonian: повлекување
 * Maori: taui, tauitanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: retrett, tilbaketrekking, tilbaketrekning
 * Nynorsk: retrett, tilbaketrekking
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: повла́че̄ње
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ústup
 * Slovene: umik
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik: ақибнишинӣ
 * Turkish: geri çekilme
 * Ukrainian: ві́дступ, ви́ведення


 * Belarusian: прыту́лак
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: latebra
 * Macedonian: прибе́жиште
 * Maori: piringa, kuhunga
 * Ottoman Turkish: زاویه, قارش
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuilidh
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: retriit
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: retrett
 * Nynorsk: retrett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1) To withdraw from a position, go back.
 * 2) To withdraw military forces
 * 3) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
 * 4) To slope back.
 * 1) To slope back.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تَرَاجَعَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: geri çəkilmək
 * Belarusian: адступа́ць, адступі́ць
 * Bulgarian:, отстъ́пя
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ustoupit,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀναχωρέω
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hörfa
 * Irish: cúlaigh
 * Italian:, , battere in ritirata, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: regredior, pedem referre
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: повлекува, повлече
 * Maori: whakatahi, taui, paunu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: retrettere
 * Persian: عقب‌نشینی کردن
 * Polish: zarządzać odwrót,, , ,
 * Portuguese:, retirar-se
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̀вӯћи се
 * Roman: pòvūći se
 * Slovak: ustúpiť, stiahnuť
 * Slovene: umikati, umakniti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ақибнишинӣ кардан
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: відступа́ти, відступи́ти

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) a period of meditation, prayer or study;
 * 2) a location for such activities

Usage notes

 * Prior to the 2005 spelling reform, this noun was considered grammatically neuter.

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) a period of meditation, prayer or study;
 * 2) a location for such activities

Usage notes

 * Prior to a revision made alongside the 2005 Bokmål spelling reform, this noun was considered grammatically neuter.