Retire Definition–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.). |
–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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