Definition of retire

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Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..

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Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement..
Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..
Withdrawing-room :: Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room..
Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
Intraparietal :: Intraparietal (a.) Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired.
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..
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..
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..
Infrequency :: Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Recouch :: Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..
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