v.
- leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.
▸(of a sports player) cease to play competitively.
- withdraw from a race or match because of accident or injury.
▸Baseball put out (a batter); cause (a side) to end a turn at bat.
- withdraw to or from a particular place.
▸(of a jury) leave the courtroom to decide the verdict of a trial.
▸(of a military force) retreat.
- go to bed.
- Economics withdraw (a bill or note) from circulation or currency.
- Finance pay off or cancel (a debt).
Derivative
- retired adj.
- retiree n.
- retiredness n. (archaic).
- retirer n.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. retirer, from re- ‘back’ + tirer ‘draw’.