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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Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell..
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..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Regrade :: Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
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..
Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers..
Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
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..
Inch :: Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..
Exit :: Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth..
Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..
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