If you stop working by choice and leave your position or occupation, you retire. If you are lucky, you can retire early in order to sail around the world, but most people can't retire until they are old enough to collect retirement benefits.
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Verb
go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
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cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
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cause to be out on a fielding play
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lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
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move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
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pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
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dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat"
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go into retirement; stop performing one''s work or withdraw from one''s position; "He retired at age 68"
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withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
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make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
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break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
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withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
v. t.
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used
reflexively.
v. t.
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to
take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety
or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
v. i.
To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as,
having made a large fortune, he retired.
v. i.
To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the
sea retires in bays and gulfs.
v. i.
To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
n.
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a
place to which one retires.
n.
A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that
they are to retire, or fall back.
Retire
He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray.2.
Retire
To Una back he cast him to retire.
The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.2.
Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.3.
And from Britannia's public posts retire.4.
Retire
The battle and the retire of the English succors.
[Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire.2.
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy;
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
Usage Examples
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time.
I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.
Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.
The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face.
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.
I hope to be an actor and never retire.
Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
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Other Usage ExamplesI maintain that when I finally retire from my career in music, I will go and live back in Wales - when I am an old person, if I live to be an old person. The water I miss, and the air, there's something different about it. And I miss the simple life.
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
It's not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. But after a few years of having fun, I got a little restless. When you're 33, 34, and you don't have a focus, you can get kind of lost. As a man, you feel a little bit unfulfilled.
Some have called we rock and roll performers who never retire 'troubadours.' I enjoy this misnomer immensely. While there are many differences between me and my distant predecessors in L'Occitane, I do believe there is a lineage that connects us of the last 70 years with those romantic singers of the High Middle Ages.
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.
I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.
I just see too many people retire and say, 'I'm going to take off, travel, spend time with my family' and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer.
I hope that I'll be hot for a long time so I can make a lot of money, I can retire early, and just travel. Hopefully that will happen.
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