retreat

How to sign: pull back or move away or backward
"The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb";

Similiar / Same: withdraw, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back, retire

Categories: go, locomote, move, travel

Within this category: back up, recede

retreat

How to sign: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns";

Similiar / Same: back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, pull back, withdraw

retreat

How to sign: move back
"The glacier retrogrades";

Similiar / Same: retrograde

Categories: fall back, recede, retire