Definition of retire

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Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..

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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..
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..
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..
Latibulize :: Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid..
Secess :: Secess (n.) Retirement; retreat; secession.
Inch :: Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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..
Single :: Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
Reclusion :: Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Withdrawing-room :: Withdrawing-room (n.) A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room..
Secret :: Secret (a.) Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
Privy :: Privy (a.) Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
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..
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.
Retirer :: Retirer (n.) One who retires.
Infrequency :: Infrequency (n.) The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.
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