Clues for the word "RETREAT"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 132 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 21, 2025.
Definition of retreat
- n. - The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
- n. - The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
- n. - 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.
- v. i. - To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
Referring Clues
- Meditation location
- Opposite of charge
- Pull back
- Camp David, e.g.
- Conference site
- Draw back
- Den, to dad
- Spa, typically
- A hasty one can be beat
- Turn tail
- Secluded place
- Military backup
- Fall back
- Pull back, as an army
- Bugle call
- Pull back from the front lines
- Troop withdrawal
- Good place to meditate
- A place of privacy
- Back off
- Private place
- "Go Back!"
- Hideaway
- Safe haven
- Withdraw
- Asylum
- Place of privacy
- Relinquish position
- Spiritual getaway
- Give up the fight
- Sanctuary
- Not quite surrender
- Back down
- Secluded sanctuary
- Withdraw from battle
- Withdrawal
- Advance to the rear
- Withdraw, as troops
- Weekend getaway
- Withdraw from a place of privacy
- What you do when fight breaks out in front of you
- Queen stopping King Edward's upcoming retirement
- Tree rat (anag)
- ... a quiet place for getting more rounds in?
- Leave - refuge
- Leave handle again?
- Flight departure
- Refuge
- Give another party and retire
- Pay once more for a quiet place
- About to shout the order to withdraw
- Back away
- Withdraw upended spud without hesitation
- Withdraw on account of a celebration
- Go back to pay for another round
- Have another party in a quiet spot
- Retirement is to be in Martinique, surrounded by desert
- Again deal with withdrawal
- Run English nurse to asylum
- After scripture lessons, discuss opportunity for religious meditation
- Turn tail and run
- Once more give and withdraw
- Find refuge with soldiers' nurse
- About to discuss asylum
- About to handle a withdrawal
- Give ground in retirement
- Take flight from secluded place
- About to handle withdrawal
- Stand another round and withdraw
- Withdraw soldier's entertainment
- A refuge when there's a recession
- Stress-free place
- Place of safety or seclusion
- Go back and try another cure
- Recede
- About to get freebie for retirement
- Go backwards
- Go back and apply further medication
- Withdraw the troops during battle
- ...and for the flight back, indulge yourself again
- Go back to the asylum
- Relaxing destination
- Go back and haggle some more with
- Go back into the refuge
- Haven
- Meditation vacation
- Withdraw the "place of safety"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 21, 2025
- Family Time - December 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 20, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 22, 2024
- Daily American - October 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 27, 2024
- LA Times - June 26, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 23, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 10, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 08, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 03, 2023
- LA Times - August 22, 2023
- LA Times - July 15, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 09, 2023
- New York Times - May 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 03, 2023
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2023
- Mirror Daily - February 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - January 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 17, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - December 12, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - November 10, 2022
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2022
- Mirror Daily - October 28, 2022
- And in 102 more crossword puzzles...