retreating
verbnounattested in dialogue
The act of moving back from something; a retreat.
verb
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Also a form of retreatpresent participle and gerund of retreat
noun
- 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!
Forms
- plural
- retreatings
retract · To pull (something) back or back inside.retreat · The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something…Retreat · A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New…
retreating · The act of moving back from something; a retreat.
retribution · Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or…retrieve · To regain or get back something.retro · Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things…