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Retrate

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retreatnounThe act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
retreatingverbThe act of moving back from something; a retreat.
retractverb(transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
pullbacknounThe act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
retiralnoun(now chiefly Scotland) Retirement from employment.
recessnoun(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
step backverb(idiomatic) To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
retrocessionnounThe transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
retractiveServing to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
reretreatnouna second retreat.
backrushnounA rushing backward; a retreat.
backdownnounAn act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
relapsenoun(medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
pushbacknoun(figurative) Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.
retrusionnounThe act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.
retroductionnoun(by extension) A system of research or problem-solving based on abduction; A dialectic method of working from existing information to achieve a theory or from a desired outcome to achieve a design.
reëntrancenounObsolete form of reentrance. [A second or subsequent entrance; the act of reentering]
recessionnoun(economics) A period of reduced economic activity.
rewithdrawalnounThe act of withdrawing again.
respitnounObsolete spelling of respite. [A brief interval of rest or relief.]

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