Definition of retire

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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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Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Closet :: Closet (n.) A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
Exeunt :: Exeunt () They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit..
Withdrawing-room :: Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room..
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..
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..
Retired :: Retired (a.) Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits..
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..
By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.
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..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Secede :: Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body..
Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
Secret :: Secret (a.) Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
Regrade :: Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
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