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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Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
Retired :: Retired (imp. & p. p.) of Retir.
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Monastery :: Monastery (n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females..
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.
Retire :: 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..
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..
Secede :: Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body..
Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Country Seat :: Country seat () A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city..
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers..
Infrequency :: Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
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..
Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress..
Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
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