Decertify vs Retreat - What's the difference?
decertify | retreat |
To remove the certification of.
*{{quote-news, year=1988, date=November 11, author=Michael Miner, title=Strike Accord at the Tribune; Is the Sun-Times Next?, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=As Sallas immediately said, the 130 scabs who so easily replaced the striking printers in '85 won't be foisted upon the union--to degrade it and possibly decertify it.}}
The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
* Shakespeare
The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
* L'Estrange
* Dryden
A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
A period of meditation, prayer or study.
Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
A signal for a military withdrawal.
A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
A military ceremony to lower the flag.
(chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
As verbs the difference between decertify and retreat
is that decertify is to remove the certification of while retreat is to withdraw military forces.As a noun retreat is
the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.decertify
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(en noun)- In a retreat he outruns any lackey.
- He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat .
- That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat / From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
