English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of retreat

retreat

/verb/ पीछे हटना; स्थान छोड़ना;
/noun/आश्रय; शरण; निर्जन स्थान; पलायन; मैदान छोड़ना; निवर्तन करना; निवर्तन;

Synonym digress; shelter; refuge; boonies; Escape; dissuasion;

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English Dictionary:

1. Retreat

[n.]

- The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
- The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
- 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.
- The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
- A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
- A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
- A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.

2. Retreat

[v. i.]

- To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.