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Retreating

To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.

📖 Definitions of "Retreating"

verb
  1. 1

    To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.

  2. 2

    To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again

verb
  1. 1

    To withdraw from a position, go back.

  2. 2

    (of a glacier) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.

  3. 3

    To slope back.

    "a retreating forehead"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of moving back from something; a retreat.

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