Definition of retire

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of retire is as below...

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

Lern More About Retire

Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
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..
Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.
Pension :: Pension (n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
Loneliness :: Loneliness (n.) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like..
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Privateness :: Privateness (n.) Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..
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..
Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement..
Sheeling :: Sheeling (n.) A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed..
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..
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Abscondence :: Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Secret :: Secret (a.) Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
Reduit :: Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us