To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation. / To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.

(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.

(transitive) To heat in a retort.

Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

(transitive) To keep in possession or use. / (transitive) To keep in one's pay or service. / (transitive) To employ by paying a retainer. / (transitive) To hold secure.

An act of retiring; withdrawal. / (uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion. / (now rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.

(transitive) To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again. / (transitive) To go back over something, usually in an attempt of rediscovery.

(television) The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.

A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important. / A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus. / (obsolete) A service relationship.

Any thing or person that retains. / A dependent or follower of someone of rank. / A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.