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verb (used without object)
1.
to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
2.
to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
3.
to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
4.
to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
5.
to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
verb (used with object)
6.
to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
7.
to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
8.
to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
9.
to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
10.
Sports. to put out (a batter, side, etc.).
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noun Literary.
11.
a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
12.
retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
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retire
1533, of armies, "to retreat," from M.Fr. retirer "to withdraw (something)," from re- "back" + O.Fr. tirer "to draw" (see tirade). Meaning "to withdraw to some place for the sake of seclusion" is recorded from 1538; sense of "leave an occupation" first attested 1648 (implied
EXPANDin retirement). Meaning "to leave company and go to bed" is from 1670. Baseball sense of "to put out" is recorded from 1874. Retiree is attested from 1945.
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