Definition of retire

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Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..

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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.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Privateness :: Privateness (n.) Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
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..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Retire :: Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires..
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..
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
Rota :: Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament..
Retirer :: Retirer (n.) One who retires.
Infrequency :: Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
Withdrawing-room :: Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room..
Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
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