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Restive vs Retreat - What's the difference?

restive | retreat |

As an adjective restive

is impatient under delay, duress, or control.

As a noun retreat is

the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

As a verb retreat is

to withdraw military forces.

restive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
  • * 1914 , :
  • The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
  • *
  • Resistant of control; stubborn.
  • *
  • Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful.
  • Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.
  • Synonyms

    * (impatient under duress) anxious, champing at the bit, fidgety, restless, uneasy * (resistant of control) disobedient, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unruly * (refusing to move) balky

    Derived terms

    * restively * restiveness

    Anagrams

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    retreat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
  • * Shakespeare
  • In a retreat he outruns any lackey.
  • The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
  • A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
  • * L'Estrange
  • He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat .
  • * Dryden
  • That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat / From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
  • 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.
  • See also

    * religious retreat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To withdraw military forces.
  • Anagrams

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