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retiracies

retiracies is the plural of retiracy.

Meaning of retiracy

Noun

retiracy (usually uncountable, plural retiracies)

  1. (US, dated, humorous, usually) retirement
    • The patriot commanders in the middle of January went into retiracy, having with much judgment commended the forces under them to their own discretion1845, Samuel Maunder, John Inman, The Treasury of History

Questions about retiracies

What is retiracies the plural of?
Retiracies is the plural of retiracy.

Words near retiracies in the dictionary

  1. retipped
  2. retipping
  3. retips
  4. retir'd
  5. retirable
  6. retiracies
  7. retiracy
  8. retirade
  9. retirades
  10. retiral
  11. retirals

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