Definition of retire

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Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..

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Boudoir :: Boudoir (n.) A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room..
Retire :: Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires..
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..
Abscondence :: Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.
Retire :: 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..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
Closet :: Closet (n.) A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer..
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..
Exeunt :: Exeunt () They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Background :: Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight..
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
Withdrawing-room :: Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To enter mentally; to retire.
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
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