(religion) a participant in a religious or similar retreat

Furnishing or serving as a retreat.

plural of retreating

plural of retreatant

plural of retreater

One who retreats. / A survivalist who plans to withdraw to a remote region in the event of a catastrophe.

A policy or advocacy of retreat.

(informal) To leave hastily in the face of opposition.

The coordinated ending of coastal development; abandonment, demolition, and relocation of human-made structures; and migration of people away from a shoreline that is allowed to migrate inland.

(law) A legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened individual cannot harm another in self-defense when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety.