retreats

Strongest matches

• evacuation
• flight
• withdrawal

Strong matches

• ebb
• retirement

Strongest matches

• haven
• hideaway
• refuge
• resort
• sanctuary
• shelter

Strong matches

• ark
• asylum
• cell
• cloister
• convent
• cover
• covert
• defense
• den
• habitat
• harbor
• haunt
• hermitage
• port
• privacy
• retirement
• seclusion
• security
• solitude

Weak matches

• adytum
• hiding place
• ivory tower
• safe house
• safe place

Strongest matches

• abandon
• back down
• back off
• backtrack
• depart
• escape
• evacuate
• fall back
• go
• go back
• hide
• leave
• pull out
• recede
• reel
• retire
• reverse
• shrink
• withdraw

Strong matches

• avoid
• back
• decamp
• disengage
• ebb
• elude
• evade
• fold
• quail
• quit
• recoil
• regress
• relinquish
• resign
• retrograde
• run
• sequester
• vacate

Weak matches

• back away
• back out
• beat it
• cave in
• draw back
• give ground
• go along with
• hand over
• keep aloof
• keep apart
• lay down
• move back
• opt out
• retrocede
• seclude oneself
• start back
• turn tail