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Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..

Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..

Withdrawal :: Withdrawal (n.) The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..

Brigand :: Brigand (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter..

Retreatful :: Retreatful (a.) Furnishing or serving as a retreat.

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

Retraict :: Retraict (n.) Retreat.

Creephole :: Creephole (n.) A hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action..

Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) Any place of retreat and security.

Retirement :: Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..

Moulding :: Moulding (n.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t..

Concealment :: Concealment (n.) A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.

Retreating :: Retreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrea.

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position..

Sanitarium :: Sanitarium (n.) A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.

Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.

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