Definition of retire

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Retire (v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle..

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Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
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..
Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
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..
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
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..
Orillon :: Orillon (n.) A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses..
Abscondence :: Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Cloister :: Cloister (v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Retirer :: Retirer (n.) One who retires.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Infrequency :: Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.
Curfew :: Curfew (n.) The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself..
Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress..
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