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Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.

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..

Exit :: Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth..

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..

Solitary :: Solitary (a.) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place..

Retire :: 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..

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..

Retirer :: Retirer (n.) One who retires.

Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.

Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.

Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.

Superannuate :: Superannuate (v. t.) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension..

Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.

Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.

Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..

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..

Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..

Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..

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