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By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

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

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..

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect..

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..

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..

Single :: Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

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

Privateness :: Privateness (n.) Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.

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

Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note..

Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

Abscondence :: Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.

Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..

Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.

Withdrawing-room :: Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room..

Retirement :: Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer..

Reduit :: Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.

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