retreat

retreat verb abandon, back away, back out, bolt, decamp, depart, desert, disengage, draw back, ebb, escape, evacuate, fall back, fall to the rear, flee, give way, go away, go back, leave, lose ground, make oneeelf scarce, move back, pedem referre, pull back, quit, recoil, regrade, remove oneself, retire, retrocede, run away, rusticate, se recipere, seclude oneself, shrink, slip away, take flight, turn tail, vacate, withdraw

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See also: abandon, absence, asylum, avoid, avoidance, chamber, decline, depart, disappear, ebb, evacuate, evade, evasion, flee, flight, give, haven, leave, part, privacy, protection, quit, refuge, removal, renege, resign, return, revert, seclude, shelter, vacate, withdraw, yield