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repli

withdrawal

noun ruh-PLEE Rare

Also means

fold (terrain)

Usage Note

Repli primarily means a military or strategic withdrawal, as in un repli tactique (a tactical retreat). It also denotes a fold, crease, or hollow in terrain. In financial French, un repli des marchés signals a market pullback or dip. The verb se replier (to fall back, to retreat) is its direct cognate.

Examples

"L'armée a effectué un repli stratégique."

Natural Translation

The army carried out a strategic withdrawal.

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