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The Meaning of retire
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(v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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(v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
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(v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
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(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.
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(v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
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(v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
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(v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
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(v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
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(n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
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(n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Synonyms
go to bed
,
draw back
,
withdraw
,
hit the hay
,
strike out
,
hit the sack
,
turn in
,
pull back
,
put out
,
move back
,
retreat
,
recede
,
crawl in
,
go to sleep
,
bed
,
sack out
,
pull away
,
kip down
,
adjourn
,
swallow
,
sequester
,
seclude
,
back away
,
crawfish out
,
crawfish
,
take
,
call in
,
back out
,
take back
,
take out
,
unsay
,
bow out
,
recall
,
call back
,
sequestrate
,
draw
,
draw off
,
take away
,
disengage
,
pull in one's horns
,
remove
,
lose
,
drop off
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
retrograde
,
retract
,
recess
,
break up
,
bother
,
bring out
,
anaesthetise
,
hold out
,
douse
,
release
,
put under
,
anaesthetize
,
publish
,
extend
,
anesthetize
,
stretch out
,
incommode
,
disoblige
,
trouble
,
discommode
,
stretch forth
,
exsert
,
smother
,
anesthetise
,
issue
,
inconvenience
,
mark
,
cross off
,
cross out
,
strike off
,
have intercourse
,
have a go at it
,
hand over
,
know
,
deliver
,
get laid
,
make love
,
put on
,
fork over
,
fork up
,
have sex
,
be intimate
,
love
,
bonk
,
eff
,
fuck
,
do it
,
lie with
,
render
,
make out
,
sleep together
,
jazz
,
sleep with
,
hump
,
fork out
,
screw
,
have it off
,
have it away
,
get it on
,
bang
,
roll in the hay
Rhymes
acquire
,
admire
,
afire
,
alkire
,
amplifier
,
aspire
,
attire
,
ayer
,
backfire
,
beier
,
beijer
,
berkshire
,
biedermeier
,
bleier
,
bonfire
,
breier
,
briar
,
brier
,
bryer
,
buyer
,
byer
,
campfire
,
cease-fire
,
ceasefire
,
choir
,
conspire
,
crier
,
crossfire
,
desire
,
devonshire
,
dire
,
dreier
,
drier
,
dryer
,
dubilier
,
dwire
,
dwyer
,
dyar
,
dyer
,
eir
,
emulsifier
,
enquire
,
entire
,
esquire
,
expire
,
eyer
,
fire
,
flier
,
flyer
,
friar
,
frier
,
fryar
,
fryer
,
frymire
,
geier
,
gire
,
glenayre
,
grier
,
guier
,
guire
,
gunfire
,
guyer
,
gyr
,
haywire
,
heier
,
hellfire
,
highflier
,
hire
,
humidifier
,
hyer
,
hyre
,
identifier
,
inquire
,
inspire
,
ire
,
iyer
,
izaguirre
,
kleier
,
klier
,
krier
,
kyer
,
lancashire
,
leier
,
liar
,
lyre
,
magnifier
,
maguire
,
martyre
,
mcguire
,
mcintire
,
mcquire
,
mctier
,
meyer
,
mier
,
mire
,
misfire
,
multiplier
,
myer
,
myre
,
neier
,
occupier
,
odwyer
,
pacifier
,
perspire
,
plier
,
plyer
,
prier
,
prior
,
pryer
,
pryor
,
purifier
,
pyre
,
quagmire
,
qualifier
,
quire
,
reacquire
,
rectifier
,
require
,
rewire
,
safire
,
satire
,
scheier
,
schier
,
schneier
,
schnier
,
schreier
,
schreyer
,
schrier
,
schryer
,
scire
,
shier
,
shire
,
shropshire
,
sire
,
skier
,
smyre
,
speier
,
spier
,
spire
,
squier
,
squire
,
staffordshire
,
steier
,
stier
,
styer
,
supplier
,
swier
,
tire
,
transpire
,
trier
,
tyer
,
tyre
,
umpire
,
untermeyer
,
viar
,
whitmire
,
wildfire
,
wiltshire
,
wire
,
wrier
,
wyer
,
wyre
,
yzaguirre