Definition of retire

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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..

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Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.
Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell..
Single :: Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Reduit :: Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.
Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement..
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..
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..
Curfew :: Curfew (n.) The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..
Infrequency :: Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Orillon :: Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses..
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note..
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..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
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