Meanings
nounretiracy (usually uncountable, plural retiracies)
plural retiracies
- USdatedhumorousuncountableusuallyretirement
what one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy
1852, C. A. Bristed, The upper ten thousand1 more example
The patriot commanders in the middle of January went into retiracy, having with much judgment commended the forces under them to their own discretion
1845, Samuel Maunder, John Inman, The Treasury of History
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