recall vs retreat

recall

verb
  • To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). 

  • To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. 

  • To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote. 

  • To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. 

  • To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. 

  • To call again, to call another time. 

  • To request or order the return of (a faulty product). 

noun
  • Memory; the ability to remember. 

  • The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search. 

  • The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state. 

  • Request of the return of a faulty product. 

  • The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. 

retreat

verb
  • To withdraw from a position, go back. 

  • To slope back. 

  • To withdraw military forces 

  • To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. 

  • a retreating forehead 

noun
  • A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security. 

  • The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position. 

  • A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base. 

  • A military ceremony to lower the flag. 

  • The move of a piece from a threatened position. 

  • A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude. 

  • A period of meditation, prayer or study. 

  • The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. 

  • A signal for a military withdrawal. 

  • Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack. 

How often have the words recall and retreat occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )