retreat
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- noun
- /rɪˈtrit/
:
retiro espiritual
- The church organized a three-day retreat in the mountains to help members reconnect with their beliefs.
- meditation retreat
- go on a retreat
- religious retreat
He, he's been doing men's retreats for six years.
- He, he's been doing men's retreats for six years.
- Jesse Itzler is a guy that came to the Wim Hof retreat in Poland with me.
- After this silent retreat, there's a guy named Steve Stern.
- Firstly, there's a virtual retreat, our final virtual retreat of the year coming up.
- And I, what I found when I went on my first retreat, I did like a weekend retreat.
- So This is why I teach a lot at my retreats on energy transmutation.
- This is the final virtual retreat of the year.
- Like this was a furious product of a self-imposed home retreat, right?
- then it's safe to predict that you will encounter situations during this retreat that make you angry.
- How many years from that panic attack until this incredible retreat that you ended up going on?
- Going to a meditation retreat, buying a book like this or your book, right?
- One master and his disciple, they used to go on retreat.
- That is the purpose of some of these retreats.
- And we got a trip to the Bahamas for a writer's retreat and somebody said, wow, that's great.
- I said, oh, poor free spirit, Don't have time for a yoga retreat.
Examples
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A spiritual retreat in Potosi called La Paz.
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I also spent about two years on silent retreats, ranging length from one week to three months.
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Perhaps you should go into retreat for a while.
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I'm going to take this family on a retreat this weekend.
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The cathedral had become a refuge of late, a place of retreat when he needed time alone.
Fiction book (1999) -
The leaders were participants in an annual retreat devoted to strategic planning.
Academic text (1994) -
Olwyn is leading the retreat.
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The second time I fell this year was at a Jesuit retreat house on the Oregon coast.
Academic text (1992) -
Later, it was introduced to 12 deaf-blind people during an annual retreat in Sacramento, California.
Academic text (1994) -
Almost all students join in annual retreats around holidays and vacations for one to three weeks.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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A period when you stop activity to relax or sleep
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A day when people do not work and relax, often for religious reasons
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A short time to relax and get energy back
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Etymology
Retreat comes from the parts re- 'back' and tract 'to pull', like in tractor. That's why a spiritual 'retreat' is a time when you 'pull back' from normal life to pray, study, or think.