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What is another word for
retreating
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Adjective
Moving back or away
Directed or moving backward
Noun
The movement or flow of the tide out to sea
The action of fleeing or escaping
Verb
Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
Present participle for to ebb or flow out
Present participle for to alter one's opinion about something
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Adjective
▲
Moving back or away
declining
ebbing
fading
disappearing
receding
waning
withdrawing
diminishing
shrinking
dwindling
decreasing
dimming
slackening
drooping
subsiding
lessening
failing
abating
slumping
weakening
deteriorating
atrophying
collapsing
withering
degenerating
vanishing
moribund
dissolving
sinking
flagging
evaporating
evanescing
obsolescent
on the wane
attenuating
disintegrating
crumbling
contracting
tailing off
on the decline
tapering off
fading away
winding down
petering out
falling off
melting away
on the way out
dying out
in a slump
growing faint
giving way
on one's last legs
drawing to a close
in remission
in a state of deterioration
“The sound of
retreating
footsteps.”
Adjective
▲
Directed or moving backward
reversing
withdrawing
retrogressive
drawing back
moving back
backward
reverse
rearward
reversed
inverted
directed backwards
backwards
inverse
retrograde
contrary
astern
transposed
back to front
Noun
▲
The movement or flow of the tide out to sea
ebb
retreat
withdrawal
receding
regression
retrocession
backflow
refluence
reflux
retroflux
outflow
flowing back
going out
low tide
low water
drawing back
falling tide
outward flow
ebb tide
outgoing tide
receding tide
diminishing tide
dead low tide
dead low water
low ebb
mean low water
Noun
▲
The action of fleeing or escaping
flight
escape
getaway
break
departure
exit
retreat
exodus
slip
decamping
breakout
absconding
lam
fleeing
disappearance
rout
bunk
escaping
escapement
spring
beat
evasion
vanishing
breakaway
exfiltration
fugue
running away
checking out
hasty departure
taking powder
withdrawal
decampment
evacuation
retirement
desertion
recession
departing
exiting
leaving
abandonment
going
leave
hegira
ebb
egression
migration
bolting
farewell
parting
emigration
pullout
fallback
pullback
quitting
outgo
egress
leave-taking
walking out
lighting out
abscondment
marooning
abdication
adieu
goodbye
vanishing act
going away
truancy
flying
mass departure
elopement
liberation
offgoing
flit
turning tail
removal
jailbreak
US
bolt
vacation
gaolbreak
UK
running out on
deliverance
leavetaking
break-out
running off
passage
congé
embarkation
expatriation
bolt for freedom
pull-out
bow out
passing
diaspora
outpour
outflow
outpouring
gush
breaking away
outgoing
exeunt
journey
clearance
eviction
withdrawment
prison break
outbreak
extrication
absconsion
abscondence
extraction
katabasis
release
freedom
going out
chicken run
secession
disengagement
runaround
sidestepping
springing
rescue
pulling back
pulling out
betrayal
defection
forsaking
drawing out
cowardice
moving out
tergiversation
resignation
elusion
AWOL
going absent without leave
falling away
going AWOL
going back on
taking French leave
separation
retiral
walkout
takeoff
withdrawing
start
going off
sailing off into the sunset
taking a powder
setting off
starting out
setting out
taking leave
setting forth
taking off
bowing out
valediction
sendoff
breakup
split
detachment
severance
send-off
expiration
dissolution
fading
apostasy
disappearing
setting-out
vacation of a place
swan song
disunion
fading away
dying out
seceding
splitting
disaffiliation
emptying
depopulation
unpeopling
split-up
pull-out from
flight from
retreat from
departure from
exodus from
withdrawal from
clearance from
disappearance from
vacation from
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
retiring
withdrawing
fleeing
recoiling
falling back
pulling out
bolting
drawing back
running away
skedaddling
escaping
pulling back
running off
receding
vamoosing
beating it
flying
scramming
scraming
splitting
taking off
departing
evacuating
evading
running
scarpering
shrinking
breaking
going
levanting
skipping off
turning tail
vacating
abandoning
decamping
disengaging
eluding
folding
quitting
leaving
running for it
backing off
backing away
backing out
clearing out
cutting and run
giving ground
hightailing it
hooking it
legging it
making off
peeling out
showing a clean pair of heels
beating a hasty retreat
beating a retreat
cutting out
doing a runner
flying the coop
going away
going back
heading for the hills
lighting out
making a break for it
moving away
moving back
taking flight
bugging out
doing a fade
giving way
making a quick exit
making a run for it
taking a powder
doing a bunk
making a getaway
taking to your heels
backing down
“With winter coming, Napoleon realizes that his invasion has stalled, forcing his
retreat
from Russia.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ebb or flow out
ebbing
receding
falling
going out
flowing out
going down
flowing away
flowing back
“The ice will begin to
retreat
during the warmer periods.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to alter one's opinion about something
backtracking
reconsidering
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
retracting
flip-flopping
recanting
retroceding
withdrawing
backing down
backing off
changing your decision
changing your mind
giving in
about-facing
conceding defeat
doing an about-turn
doing a U-turn
eating humble pie
eating your words
doubling back
turning back
dooing an about-face
doing a volte-face
changing one's attitude
“The government chose to
retreat
over the unpopular proposal.”
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