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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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..
Sheeling :: Sheeling (n.) A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed..
Retire :: Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. i.) To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company..
Exit :: Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..
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..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Privateness :: Privateness (n.) Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.
Reclusive :: Reclusive (a.) Affording retirement from society.
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Inch :: Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
Reduit :: Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.
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..
Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.
Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Single :: Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
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