retired

[Re*tired·]

Someone who's retired has stopped working permanently. A retired teacher who misses his job might volunteer at an after school program.

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Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

Adjective S.
no longer active in your work or profession

Adjective S.
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus'' as in `professor emeritus''; `retired from assigned duties'' need not imply that one is inactive

Adjective S.
discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"

Adjective
not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"

Adjective S.
(of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war"

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imp. & p. p.
of Retire

a.
Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

a.
Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.


Retired

Re*tired" , a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
A retired part of the peninsula.
2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. -- Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.

Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

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Usage Examples

We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.

Work ethic has always been stressed in my family. My dad is going to be 80 years old and he still works part time. My mom just retired a couple years ago and she's in her mid- to late 70s.

I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer.

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Other Usage Examples

A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.

Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?

Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.

A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.

Now that I look back on it, having retired from being a reporter, it was kind of romantic. It was a wonderful way to live one's life, just as I imagined it would be when I was 6 or 7.

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

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