Retreat
When you hear the word retreat, do you think of an army retreating or withdrawing from enemy forces owing to their inferior power; the act of moving back or withdrawing from a place or person; or moving to a quiet, secluded space? Irrespective of what meaning popped into your head, they are all correct.
The word retreat, which has been around since the 14th Century, has come to capsulate all these and a few more meanings as well in the 700-plus years of its existence. It is derived from Old French retreat, which is from Latin retrahere meaning “drawback, withdraw, call back”. Retrahere can be split into re, for “back”, and trahere, for “to draw”. The word retreat has been used to mean “place of seclusion” from early 15th Century.
Usage:
After a taxing few weeks, the company decided to host a retreat for its employees.
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