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Retirement

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

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Withdrawal 76% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Hibernation 76% connected

The act or state of hibernating.

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Rustication 76% connected

The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the…

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Retire 74% connected

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

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Retire 74% connected

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

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Retreat 92% connected

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

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Perquisite noun · 85% connection

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…

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Prerogative noun · 85% connection

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…

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Privilege noun · 85% connection

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…

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Easement noun · 85% connection

(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)

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Death noun · 84% connection

the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"

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Bastardy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Caste noun · 84% connection

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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Command noun · 84% connection

a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

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Dignity noun · 84% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Echelon noun · 84% connection

status in a society or organization; "the upper echelon"

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Election noun · 84% connection

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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Equality noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equation noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equivalence noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Face noun · 84% connection

status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"

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Footing noun · 84% connection

status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"

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Illegitimacy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Leadership noun · 84% connection

the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"

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Confinement noun · 78% connection

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Delitescence noun · 78% connection

Concealment; seclusion; retirement.

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Delitescency noun · 78% connection

Concealment; seclusion.

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Dereliction noun · 78% connection

A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

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Downlying noun · 78% connection

The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.

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Ebb tide unknown · 78% connection

The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.

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Eremitism noun · 78% connection

The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.

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Greenroom noun · 78% connection

The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

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Infrequency noun · 78% connection

The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion.

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Loneliness noun · 78% connection

The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

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Loneness noun · 78% connection

Solitude; seclusion.

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