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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Delitescence :: Delitescence (n.) Concealment; seclusion; retirement.
Exit :: Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth..
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer..
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..
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
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..
Exeunt :: Exeunt () They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit..
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..
Rota :: Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament..
Reduit :: Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.
Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early..
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..
Retreat :: Retreat (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field..
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
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