Definition of retire

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Retire (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires..

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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..
Privateness :: Privateness (n.) Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy.
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..
Monastery :: Monastery (n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females..
Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To retire; to give up a siege.
Umbratical :: Umbratical (a.) Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired.
Single :: Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
Secede :: Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body..
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves..
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..
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..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place..
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..
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