retreating

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noun

The act of moving back from something; a retreat.

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verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of retreat
nounretreating (plural retreatings)

plural retreatings

  1. The act of moving back from something; a retreat.

    But of the marchings and retreatings of these Six-thousand no Xenophon exists. Nothing, but an inarticulate hum, of cursing and sooty frenzy, surviving dubious in the memory of ages!

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book V (Terror the Order of the Day), page 319

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APA

retreating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retreating

MLA

“retreating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retreating. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retreating,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retreating.

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