Definition of retire

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Retire (v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early..

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Retiring :: Retiring (a.) Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement..
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..
Abscondence :: Abscondence (n.) Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding.
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell..
Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Loneliness :: Loneliness (n.) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.
Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.
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..
Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Retired :: Retired (a.) Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early..
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress..
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