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R — Restaurant to Revile (Part 6 of 11)

Retract, v. a.

    1. Withdraw, draw back, draw in.
    2. Recall, revoke, recant, abjure, disavow, cancel, take back, withdraw, unsay, disown.
    3. Rescind, resume, take back.

Retract, v. n. Take back, unsay.

Retraction, n. Recantation, abjuration, revocation, disavowal.

Retreat, n.

    1. Departure, withdrawal, retirement.
    2. Retirement, seclusion, privacy, solitude.
    3. Asylum, refuge, shelter.

Retreat, v. n.

    1. Withdraw, retire, give way.
    2. Recede, fall back, move back, retire.

Retrench, v. a.

    1. Curtail, cut, lop, dock, prune, pare, clip, cut short, cut off, lop off.
    2. Diminish, lessen, decrease, abridge, curtail.
    3. Confine, limit.
    4. Deprive of, mutilate.

Retrench, v. n.

    1. Economize.
    2. Encroach, make inroad.