Retire

Noun

 * 1)  The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
 * His retire is by a lake.
 * 1)  A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
 * At the retire, the cavalry fell back.'''

Verb

 * 1)  To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
 * He retired himself from the party.
 * 1)  To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
 * The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
 * 1)  To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
 * The board retired the old major.
 * 1)  to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat
 * Jones retired in favour of Smith.
 * , to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put out
 * Jones retired Smith 6-3.
 * 1)  To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
 * I will retire to the study.''
 * 1)  To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
 * The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
 * 1)  To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business
 * Having made a large fortune, he retired.
 * He wants to retire at 55.
 * 1)  To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
 * Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
 * 1)  To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
 * I will retire for the night.

Derived terms

 * retiree
 * retirement
 * retirer
 * retire hurt

Adverbs for Retire
timidly; cautiously; snobbishly; unwillingly; meekly; modestly; deferentially; shamefacedly; noiselessly; discreetly; decently; voluntarily; precipitately.

Thesaurus
abandon, abdicate, abscond, amortize, avoid the limelight, back down, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beat a retreat, bed, bed down, blush unseen, boot, bounce, bow out, bowl, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, clear, cop out, count sheep, cup, decline, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demit, demote, depart, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, die away, diminish, disappear, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disengage, disenthrone, dish, dismiss, displace, displume, doss down, draw back, draw off, drift away, drop, drum out, dwindle, ebb, evacuate, excommunicate, exit, expel, fade, fade away, fall back, fire, flop, forsake the world, furlough, get away, get off, give back, give ground, give place, give the ax, give the gate, give up, go, go away, go back, go beddy-bye, go into retirement, go night-night, go off, go to bed, go to sleep, hibernate, hit the hay, hit the sack, hollow, honor, incurve, junk, keep secret, kick, kick upstairs, kip, lay off, leave, let go, let out, lie down, lift, liquidate, live alone, live apart, live in retirement, make accounts square, make redundant, move away, move back, move off, oust, overthrow, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, pension, pension off, pile in, pull away, pull back, pull out, purge, quit, read out of, recede, redeem, refuse comment, release, relinquish, remain incommunicado, remove, remove from office, renounce the throne, replace, resign, retire from office, retreat, retrocede, roll in, run along, run back, rusticate, sack, sack out, satisfy, scrap, separate forcibly, settle, shrink, shun companionship, sink, snooze, square, square accounts, stand aloof, stand aside, stand back, stand down, stand mute, stand off, stay at home, step aside, strike a balance, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, surrender, suspend, take a nap, take forty winks, take it easy, take off, take the veil, take up, terminate, turn in, turn off, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, vacate, vanish, wane, waste no words, widen the distance, withdraw, withdraw from, yield

Etymology
From retirer:, from prefix re-:, + verb tirer: from  tirer:, tirier: from tire:, tiere: of  origin akin to Old English and Old Saxon tir:, Old English tier:, Old High German ziari:, zēri:, German Zier:, German zieren:. More at tier:

Pronunciation

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Verb

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 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: draga sig í hlé


 * Portuguese:


 * Arabic: اعتزل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 退休,,  退下
 * Finnish: jäädä eläkkeelle
 * French:
 * German: in Pension gehen
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:


 * Japanese: 退職,
 * Latin: abire
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: выходить на пенсию, выходить в отставку
 * Vietnamese: về hưu, thôi việc


 * Scottish Gaelic: rach mu thàmh


 * : v. ir dormir

Related terms

 * tirer

Anagrams

 * Terrie

Anagrams

 * étirer
 * étrier
 * itérer