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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Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
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..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Regrade :: Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
Country Seat :: Country seat () A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city..
By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.
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..
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..
Loneliness :: Loneliness (n.) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Secret :: Secret (a.) Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement..
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..
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