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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Fireside :: Fireside (n.) A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Rota :: Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament..
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..
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet..
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..
Retirement :: Retirement (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer..
Exeunt :: Exeunt () They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit..
Retired :: Retired (imp. & p. p.) of Retir.
Evacuate :: Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress..
Exit :: Exit () He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth..
Recess :: Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion..
By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.
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..
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..
Privacy :: Privacy (n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
Dell :: Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Private :: Private (n.) Privacy; retirement.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..
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