Retreat and Safety

Retreat

Retreat noun - An act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable.

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Safety and retreat are semantically related in haven topic. In some cases you can use "Safety" instead a noun "Retreat".

Nearby Words: retreated, retreating

Safety

Safety noun - The state of not being exposed to danger.

Usage example: we were lucky to make it to safety just as the lions broke loose from their cage at the zoo

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Synonyms for Safety

Antonyms for Safety

Retreat and safety are semantically related in shelter topic. Sometimes you can use "Retreat" instead a noun "Safety", if it concerns topics such as haven.

Nearby Words: safe, safely

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

good	good retreat	good safety
total	total retreat	total safety
bad	bad retreat	bad safety
continued	continued retreat	continued safety
Other adjectives: general, temporary.

Both words in one sentence

Deer in the Headlights: The human king in the prologue ignores his men's pleas to retreat to safety as he marvels at the destructive fight between Satan, Odin, Zeus and Bahamut.

Source: Anime / Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
Retreat to the sterile safety of your self-delusions or risk inevitable annihilation.

Source: Video Game / American McGee's Alice
Mias Tarkimee chooses to hold off Triel so that his task force can retreat to safety.

Source: Fanfic / Finishing the Fight

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