Definition of retire

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Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires..

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Retirement :: Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
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..
Reclusive :: Reclusive (a.) Affording retirement from society.
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..
Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..
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..
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..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Regrade :: Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Country Seat :: Country seat () A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers..
Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook..
Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
Retired :: Retired (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician..
Retirer :: Retirer (n.) One who retires.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.
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