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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Abscondence :: Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
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.
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Monastery :: Monastery (n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females..
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..
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.
Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..
Single :: Single (v. t.) To sequester; 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..
Reclusive :: Reclusive (a.) Affording retirement from society.
Closet :: Closet (n.) A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
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