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Retire

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Verb group 12

Retreat 84% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Retreat 84% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Seclude 84% connected

To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

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Seclude 84% connected

To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.

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Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 32

Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Can 76% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Diddle 76% connected

To totter, as a child in walking.

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Discard 76% connected

To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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Dismiss 76% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Dispose 76% connected

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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Fatigue 76% connected

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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Fiddle 76% connected

A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Fling 76% connected

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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Fold 76% connected

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Jade 76% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Pall 76% connected

Same as Pawl.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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Recall 76% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Resign 76% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

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Sack 76% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Terminate 76% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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Tire 76% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Toss 76% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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Toy 76% connected

A plaything for children; a bawble.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Weary 76% connected

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

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Manner of action 5

Prorogue 76% connected

To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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Retreat 76% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Retrograde 76% connected

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

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Superannuate 76% connected

To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Retirement 74% connected

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Retirement 74% connected

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

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Withdrawal 74% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Withdrawal 74% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Entails 5

Assemble 72% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Forgather 72% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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Gather 72% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Meet 72% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Causes 2

Give 72% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Yield 72% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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Synonym 5

Adjourn 92% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bed 92% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recede 92% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retreat 92% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Withdraw 92% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Uprise 94% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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Uprise 94% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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