retire

(rĭ-tīr')

v., -tired, -tir·ing, -tires.

v.intr.

1. To withdraw, as for rest or seclusion.
2. To go to bed.
3. To withdraw from one's occupation, business, or office; stop working.
4. To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
5. To move back or away; recede.

v.tr.

1. To cause to withdraw from one's usual field of activity: retired all executives at 55.
2. To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw.
3. To take out of circulation: retired the bonds.
4. To withdraw from use or active service: retiring an old battleship.
5. Baseball.
   1. To put out (a batter).
   2. To cause (the opposing team) to end a turn at bat.

[French retirer, to retreat, from Old French, to take back : re-, re- + tirer, to draw; see tier¹.]

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To withdraw, leave, or depart from a particular activity or situation.

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verb

1. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave¹, pull out, quit, run (along), withdraw. Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow¹, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach/retreat.
2. To go to bed: bed (down). Informal turn in. Slang crash, flop. Idioms: call it a night, hit thehaysack. See awareness/unawareness.
3. To withdraw from business or active life: step down. Idioms: call it quits, hang up one's spurs, turn in one's badge. See continue/stop/pause.
4. To remove from active service: pension (off), superannuate. Idioms: put out to pasture. See keep/release.
5. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: draw back, fall back, pull back, pull out, retreat, withdraw. Idioms: beat a retreat, givegroundway. See forward/backward.

v

Definition: leave a place or responsibility
Antonyms: begin, enter, join

v. 1. (of a military force) retreat from an enemy or an attacking position: lack of numbers compelled the cavalry to retire.

2. order (a military force) to retreat: the general retired all his troops.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

In reference to bills of exchange, “to recover, redeem, regain by the payment of a sum of money; . . . to withdraw from circulation or from the market; to take up and pay.” 110 F. 2d 878, 879. For example, the federal government retires a Series E bond when the holder turns it in for cash upon maturity. The term also refers to the voluntary withdrawal from office, a public station, business, or other employment.
See 131 A. 2d 512, 515.
A jury is “retired” at that point when the judge has submitted the case for its consideration and verdict. See 192 S.W. 922, 923.

IN BRIEF: To stop working because of age. Also: To go where it is quieter; to go to bed.

Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left. — George Burns (1896-1996)

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For a list of words related to retire, see:

• Baseball - retire: to get a batter or a baserunner out
• Directions - retire: withdraw; fall back

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - trække sig tilbage, fjerne sig, gå i seng
v. tr. - gå af, gå på pension, pensionere, trække tilbage

Nederlands (Dutch)
met pensioen gaan, zich terugtrekken, aftreden, weg doen, naar bed gaan, uit de circulatie nemen

Français (French)
v. intr. - prendre sa retraite, se retirer (de, au, dans), aller se coucher (arch), (Sport) abandonner, (Mil) se replier (sur)
v. tr. - mettre (qn) à la retraite

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufhören, (sich) zurückziehen, in Pension gehen, in den Ruhestand versetzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποχωρώ, αποσύρω/-ομαι, αποτραβώ/-ιέμαι, υποχωρώ, αποσύρομαι, συμπτύσσομαι, συνταξιοδοτώ/-ούμαι, αποστρατεύω/-ομαι, αποσύρομαι για ύπνο

Italiano (Italian)
coricarsi, andare in pensione, ritirarsi, dimettersi, mettere in pensione

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aposentar, retirar (tropas)

Русский (Russian)
уйти на пенсию, удалиться, пойти спать, уйти в отставку

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - acostarse, jubilarse, recogerse, replegarse, dimitir, retirarse, retroceder
v. tr. - jubilar, retirar, apartar, sacar, recoger

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dra sig tillbaka, retirera, avgå, pensionera, lösa in

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
退休, 退出, 退役, 退隐, 使退休, 使退却, 撤回, 令退役, 收回

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 退休, 退出, 退役, 退隱
v. tr. - 使退休, 使退卻, 撤回, 令退役, 收回

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 물러가다, 자다, 퇴직하다
v. tr. - 퇴직시키다, 회수하다, 아웃 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 引退する, 退職する, 引きこもる, 後退する, 就寝する, アウトにする, 廃業する, 撤収する, 回収する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتقاعد, يتقهقر, يتراجع, يأوي إلى فراشه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮יצא לגמלאות, הלך לישון, התפטר, נסוג, פרש, הסתלק, הלך‬
v. tr. - ‮פיטר, חיפש מחסה, הוציא מטבע/שטר משימוש‬

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