Emily Dickinson Lexicon

retarded, verbal adj. [see retard, v.]

Delayed; slow; late.

reticence, n. [Fr. reticence or L. reticentia < reticēre, to keep silence.]

Concealment by silence; shyness, quietness; wish to remain in the background.

reticent, adj. [L. reticent-em, pres. pple of reticere, re- + tacere, to be silent.]

1. Silent; anti-social; secretive.
2. Dormant; quiet; secretive.

retina, n. [medieval L.]

In anatomy, one of the coats of the eye, at the back, or bottom; where vision is first perceived.

retinue, n. [OFr retenue pa pple of retenir, retain.]

1. Attendants, or a train of people; following, chiefly on a journey or excursion.
2. Network, tangle, those attending.

retire (-d, -s), v. [Fr. retirer, to withdraw, re- + tirer, to draw.]

1. To withdraw; to retreat; to depart or go away.
2. To depart; to leave, as Christ
3. To go from company or from a public place into privacy; to go to bed.
4. To be separated or distinguished from a group.

retract, v. [L. re- + trahěre, to draw.]

To take back; to rescind; to withold or confiscate for some cause.

retreat, n. [see retreat, v.]

1. The act of retiring; a withdrawing of oneself from any place; a departure.
2. A turning back; an ordered march backwards; return.

retreat (-ing), v. [OFr retraiter, to withdraw.]

To retire from any posistion or place. To leave eagerly; escape.

retreating, adj. [see retreat, v.]

Describing one in the act of moving away, departing or falling back.