Definition of retire

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Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..

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Secret :: Secret (a.) Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
Regrade :: Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
Boudoir :: Boudoir (n.) A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. i.) To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company..
Hermit :: Hermit (n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem..
Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.
Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Privy :: Privy (a.) Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.
Reduit :: Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.
Retire :: Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires..
Exeunt :: Exeunt () They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit..
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..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Monk :: Monk (n.) A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty..
Exit :: Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth..
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