quarantine vs retire

quarantine

noun
  • The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned. 

  • A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight. 

  • An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.. 

  • A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another. 

  • The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated. 

  • A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation. 

  • A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease. 

  • A period of 40 days, particularly 

  • The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations. 

  • A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret. 

verb
  • To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease. 

  • To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease. 

  • Synonym of restrict. 

  • Synonym of isolate more generally. 

retire

noun
  • A place to which one retires. 

  • The act of retiring, or the state of being retired. 

verb
  • To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. 

  • To cease use or production of something. 

  • To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy. 

  • To fit (a vehicle) with new tires. 

  • To recede; to fall or bend back. 

  • To go to bed. 

  • To withdraw; to take away. 

  • To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat. 

  • To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure. 

  • To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay. 

  • To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list. 

  • To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout. 

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