Definition of retire

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Retire (v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer..

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Privy :: Privy (a.) Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.
By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.
Exit :: Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth..
Cove :: Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore..
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Loneliness :: Loneliness (n.) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Fastness :: Fastness (a.) A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains..
Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer..
Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
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..
Abscondence :: Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Recluse :: Recluse (a.) Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life..
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell..
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