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0 to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger:
1 to decide not to do something, or to stop believing something, because it causes too many problems:
The government is retreating from its promises.
2 If a price retreats, it goes down after it has gone up:
3 a move back by soldiers or an army, either because they have been defeated or in order to avoid fighting:
6 to move back and away from someone or something, esp. because you are frightened or want to be alone:
7 the act of going away from a person or place because you are unwilling to fight any more or are frightened:
8 to become lower in value or amount, especially after getting higher:
9 to stop doing something, because it causes too many problems:
10 a fall in the price, amount, etc. of something, especially after having been high:
11 a decision not to do something you had planned to do, because it causes too many problems