Defect and Retire

Defect

Defect verb - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.

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Retire and defect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retire" instead a verb "Defect".

Retire verb - To go to one's bed in order to sleep.

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Defect and retire are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defect" instead a verb "Retire".

Nearby Words: retired, retiring, retirement, retiree

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Of course, he was only getting on the ship so he could defect to the Americas and retire from working as a spy, so this one's also Retirony.

Source: Death by Materialism

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