Definition of retire

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Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer..
Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..
Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Rota :: Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament..
Retreat :: Retreat (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
Closet :: Closet (n.) A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
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