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retirement

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as in withdrawal
an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable military historians have blamed the defeat on that battalion's retirement from the front lines

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“Retirement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retirement. Accessed 9 Dec. 2022.

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