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According to WordNet, the verb "retreat" has 4 sense(s).

201994442 pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb".

200799383 make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns".

201994846 move back; "The glacier retrogrades".

202092476 move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer".

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