Definition of retire

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Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Reclusive :: Reclusive (a.) Affording retirement from society.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..
Cove :: Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.
Regrade :: Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Closet :: Closet (n.) A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
Withdrawing-room :: Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room..
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..
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
Retire :: Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires..
Superannuate :: Superannuate (v. t.) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
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..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..
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