These are the meanings of the letters AERETTR when you unscramble them.
- Retreat (n.)
A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
- Retreat (n.)
A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
- Retreat (n.)
A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
- Retreat (n.)
The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
- Retreat (n.)
The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
- Retreat (n.)
The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
- Retreat (n.)
The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
- Retreat (v. i.)
To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
- Treater (n.)
One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.