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Verbs (31)

retire

v. make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retire

v. withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

retire

v. dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retire, strike out

v. cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

adjourn, withdraw, retire

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

v. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

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Fuzzynyms (163)

leave, depart, pull up stakes

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

move, go, run

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

stay, remain, rest

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

relax, loosen

v. become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

retreat

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

retrograde, retreat

v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

adjourn, withdraw, retire

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

retreat

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

retrograde, retreat

v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

travel, go, move, locomote

v. change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

leave, go forth, go away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

retreat

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

exit, go out, get out, leave

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

adjourn, withdraw, retire

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

revoke

v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

act

v. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

repair, resort

v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off

v. change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

change by reversal, turn, reverse

v. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

subside, settle

v. sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

decline

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

v. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

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Antonyms (35)

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

convene

v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"

get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise

v. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise

v. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

come

v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass

v. move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"

make, work

v. proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

set about, go about, approach

v. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

retire

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