Reretreat
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 a second retreat.
"However, the ice sheet did not pass away by continuous and steady recession but by oscillations, readvances and reretreats; and some of the readvances may have covered considerable territory and have seriously changed the drainage."
Example
More examples"However, the ice sheet did not pass away by continuous and steady recession but by oscillations, readvances and reretreats; and some of the readvances may have covered considerable territory and have seriously changed the drainage."
Etymology
From re- + retreat.
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