retreat
Retreat
Advance is the antonym of retreat.
The synonyms for retreat are: draw back withdraw recoil leave
Finally the flood waters started to retreat, but the damage they had done was all too visible. Our orders are to make no retreat. Deserters are to be shot!
retreat
Retreat
Some antonyms of the word 'retreat' are: Advance, Progression, Procession
In fencing, the opposite of lunged (attacked) is parried(defended).There is no opposite for the act to lunge, except that the opposite move might be to retreat or to evade.
The opposite of pursuit is retreat. If a police officer doesn't go after a criminal, they retreat, allowing the criminal to get away.
No, retreat would be an antonym for advance.
retreat, surrender, withdrawal; aid, defense, flight, protection, resistance, retreat, shelter, shield, support, surrender, sustenance
back up, decline, retreat, stop
It could be elude (the opposite status), or ignore(as when not pursuing a goal), or shun (what you would do toward someone you don't ever want to pursue).
The opposite act from withdraw (leave, retreat) could be advance. To not withdraw (e.g. from an election, from a location) would be to stay or remain. For the transitive verb (withdraw an object), the opposite is insert.Regarding bank accounts, the opposite of withdraw would be deposit.
The Germans did not lose at Dunkirk. Quite the opposite. Dunkirk was a mass retreat by the British army who had been overwhelmed in Europe by the Germans.
The word retreat can be either a noun (retreat, retreats) or a verb (retreat, retreats, retreating, retreated). Examples: noun: We conducted an orderly retreat. verb: We should retreat to camp.