unretreatingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈtriːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈtridɪŋ/ That does not withdraw or move back; not retreating (retreating adj. 1).
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining as opposed to going
lentc1400
undeparting1581
unretreating1791
staying1852
stay-put1962
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 590 The powers of Troy..the Grecians dense Expected, unretreating, void of fear.
1858 J. Robertson Poems 78 As light is mixed in the unretreating air.
1946 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 31 Oct. 2/1 Douglass, matching his patience against an unretreating union stand, said he still had hopes of bringing the belligerents together.
2000 J. Updike Licks of Love 123 She pressed her physical claims as if upon an invalid, with the soft yet unretreating voice of a hospital visitor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1791