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retreat

retreat

69 4.2
A quiet place where you can relax alone
  • noun
  • /rɪˈtrit/
: retiro
  • She found peace at her retreat, surrounded by nature and the sound of flowing water.
  • a mountain retreat
  • a rural retreat
  • a place of retreat

That's what the retreat is for, you know.

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Examples

  • It was my father's most cherished retreat before the war.

  • Yeah, it was an offer to come work at a retreat on a beautiful island.

  • And then I went to her retreat for five days.

  • This is the one and only retreat I am doing this year.

  • And anyone who comes to our retreat knows that.

  • Um, it's a retreat up in the mountains.

  • Silver Lake Inn was and is very much a weekend retreat, all year round.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Their youth group met at the farm every October for a weekend retreat, and Alyssa was always invited.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • And you may stay and meditate at the retreat, with all the food and comfort you need.

  • I've never been to Carlsbad, so we might have a little weekend retreat to Carlsbad sometime.

Synonyms

nest
vsretreat
82 2.5

A small quiet place where someone can rest alone

is a quieter secluded spot more neutral for general relaxation
sanctuary
vsretreat
70 4.1

A safe place where people go to escape danger

is a calm secluded place for relaxation rather than refuge from danger
hideaway
vsretreat
25 5.1

A private place where someone goes to be alone

is a quiet secluded place not mainly secret or hidden
16 2.9

A place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own house

is a quiet secluded spot focused on solitude not on homely comfort
solitude
vsretreat
12 5.1

A quiet, private place away from other people

is mainly a quiet secluded place for relaxing rather than just isolation
hermitage
vsretreat
10 9.9

A small house where a person lives alone to pray or think

is a more general quiet place for relaxation not necessarily religious
rest house
vsretreat
  • Archaic
1 4.6

A building where travelers can sleep and rest

is usually a private quiet spot for personal relaxation rather than shelter
island of solitude
vsretreat
8.4

A quiet place where someone can be alone to think

is a general peaceful spot for relaxation rather than image of isolation

Antonyms

An open area in a town or city where people meet and events happen

Idioms

7 4.5

Moving back from a place or position after a defeat

To leave a place quickly to avoid danger or trouble

How Secluded

hermitage
10 9.9
sanctuary
70 4.1
retreat
69 4.2
garden
740 1.0
park
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

retreat singular
retreats plural

Etymology

Retreat comes from the parts re- 'back' and tract 'to pull', like in tractor. A helpful way to remember the quiet-place meaning is to think of it as the place you 'pull back' to for rest and peace.