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Retools
- verb - provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
- revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy"
Retorts
- noun - a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);
- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- answer back
- replied sharply and angrily
Retouch
- verb - alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!"
- give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots"
Retrace
- verb - reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
- to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
Retract
- verb - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
- pull away from a source of disgust or fear
- pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
- use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
Retrain
- verb - teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment"
- train again; "He is retraining to become an IT worker"
Retrait
- - A portrait; a likeness.
Retread
- noun - a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
- give new treads to (a tire)
- use again in altered form; "retread an old plot"
Retreat
- noun - (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
- (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
- (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- an area where you can be alone
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
- move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
- move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
- pull back or move away or backward;
- the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)
- withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retr
Retrial
- noun - a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors