retire

• Then it became a tradition from ancestors that one always must retire, and the ghosts would be angry if this rule was not observed. —  Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
• [1771 The Tshi peoples of West Africa cause women to retire, at the period, to huts prepared for the purpose in the bush, because they are at that time offensive to the deities. —  Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
• You must retire, my beloved, and disengage from the love of other things, or you cannot love Christ, and if you love not Christ, you cannot have peace with the Father, and if you have not that peace, you cannot have life. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
• "Now let us retire, my dear wife," said the prince to the fair Fiorita. —  Italian Popular Tales
• Some teachers want to "retire," others don't. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen

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