Retire

Definition: Retire

Retire

Verb

1. Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68".

2. Withdraw from active participation: "He retired from chess".

3. Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb".

4. Move back and away from; "The enemy fell back".

5. Withdraw from circulation or form the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.

6. Break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library".

7. Make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal.

8. Dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat".

9. Lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died".

10. : in baseball: "The pitcher retired three batters".

11. : go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "retire" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Labor

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Synonyms: Retire

Avoidance

Shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil; retire; (recede); flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge, parry, make way for, give place to.

Concavity

Verb: be concave; Adjective: retire, cave in.

Concealment

Be concealed; Verb: suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide oneself; lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close; lie in ambush (ambush); seclude oneself; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along; play at bopeep, play at hide and seek; hide in holes and corners; still hunt.

Departure

Leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose, vamose; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye; Noun: disappear; abscond; (avoid); entrain; inspan.

Inferiority

Become smaller, render smaller; (decrease), (contract); hide its diminished head, retire into the shade, yield the palm, play second fiddle, be upstaged, take a back seat.

Modesty

Verb: be modest; Adjective: retire, reserve oneself; give way to; draw in one's horns; hide one's face.

Nonincrease, Decrease

Verb: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge; (shorten); shrink; (contract); drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.

Recession

Verb: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart; retreat; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away; (avoid).

Regression

Verb: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish, crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.

Resignation

Abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation.

Seclusion Exclusion

Verb: be secluded, live secluded; Adjective: keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon; sport one's oak.

Crosswords: Retire

French (retires), Portuguese (withdraw).

It's time to retire! Feel free to drop in (Batman; writing credit: Bob Kane; Sam Hamm)

I think I'll retire. (90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One, Der; writing credit: Guido Castaldo; Nico Rienzi)

I'm gonna retire after this mission (Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold; writing credit: James Bruner; Menahem Golan)

Retire? Oh Stephanie, I ain't never gonna retire I'm gonna die at the wheel (You Can't Do That on Television; writing credit: Jean Chatenet; Jean Cosmos)

You can't retire now (SpongeBob SquarePants; writing credit: Leonardo Fasoli; Patrizia Fassio)

He was therefore able to retire at an early age. To the land we all dream about, sunny Mexico of course (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Dime to Retire (1955)

Quand la vie se retire (1992)

To Retire (1991)

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Books

• America's 100 Best Places to Retire (all new third edition) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Where to Retire (reference)

• Places To Retire In Canada (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Live and Retire Rich! (reference)

• Ready, Aim... Retire! (reference)

• Retire in Paradise (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Retire Les Nains De Tes Poches (Remaster [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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But supposing Mr. Lamb should retire!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Time for them to retire. Credit: Library of Congress.

A truce - not a compromise, but a chance for high-toned gentlemen to retire gracefully from their very civil declarations of war / Th. Nast. Credit: Library of Congress.

Forced to retire. Credit: Library of Congress.

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And of Caligula, that he openly declared, that he would be no longer a head to the people or senate, and that he had it in his thoughts to cut off the worthiest men of both ranks, and then retire to Alexandria: and he wisht that the people had but one neck, that he might dispatch them all at a blow, Such designs as these, when any king harbours in his thoughts, and seriously promotes, he immediately gives up all care and thought of the common-wealth; and consequently forfeits the power of governing his subjects, as a master does the dominion over his slaves whom he hath abandoned. (Second Treatise of Government)

Should one of the members of the Tribunal either die, retire, or be unable for any reason whatever to discharge his function, the same procedure will be followed for filling the vacancy as was followed for appointing him. (reference)

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On perceiving the sister, his first impulse was to retire.

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Health

Before you retire, find out what health benefits, if any, extend to you and your spouse during your retirement years. (references)

Economic History

Armenia

Most Tupolevs will retire this year or next. (references)

Bahrain

At present, on a case-by-case basis, expatriates who retire in Bahrain after long-term employment here may own their own residences. (references)

Senegal

In 1980, President Senghor decided to retire from politics, and he handed power over in 1981 to his handpicked successor, Abdou Diouf. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

There was no decision by year's end regarding whether they would be forced to retire. (references)

Yemen

In August the country's Higher Judicial Council, chaired by the President, dismissed 20 judges and prosecutors for violating the law and forced 108 others to retire. (references)

Liberia

The judiciary has determined that it is not feasible to retire all judicial personnel who are not legally trained, but intends to replace those currently sitting with lawyers as they retire. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

The Government states that 429 civil servants, many of them ethnic Nepalese, were retired compulsorily in accordance with the resolution, and that the program was abrogated in November 1997. The Government states that those forced to retire were accorded retirement benefits in proportion to their years of government service. (references)

Political Rights

Indonesia

In addition to these appointed legislative positions, active-duty military and police officers also may run for election to government office but, in a significant departure from past practice, are expected to retire (except those appointed to legislative bodies) after they are elected; however, retired officers often retain strong ties to their former institutions, and occupy important positions at all levels of government. (references)

Travel

Botswana

Many mid and upper-level business and government people leave Gaborone on the weekends to retire to their rural family homesteads. (references)

Women

Poland

Based on this verdict women can appeal to the labor court if employers insist that they retire at 60. The Ombudsman for Human Rights monitors the rights of women within the broader context of human rights. (references)

Japan

According to the Home Ministry, some of the 4,200 local governments that urged employees to retire before the mandatory age of 60 regularly urged female employees to retire at younger ages than male employees. (references)

Japan

In January a Kanazawa District Court found the town government of Toriya in violation of the Local Civil Service Law and ordered it to pay redress to a female civil servant who refused to retire when asked to do so in 1996. The town's retirement system urged female employees to retire at 48 and males at 58. In addition to discrimination, the traditional male and female division of labor at home places disproportionate burdens on working women, who were still responsible for almost all child care and household duties. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "retire": retire a bill ♦ retire coins from circulation ♦ retire for the night ♦ retire from ♦ retire from pudlic life ♦ retire from the world ♦ retire into one's shell ♦ retire into oneself ♦ retire into the shade ♦ retire on a pension ♦ retire to bed ♦ retire to pasture ♦ retire to rest ♦ sound the retire. Additional references.

Ending with "retire": about-to-retire, semi-retire.

Afrikaans

aftree (abdicate, quit, resign). (various references)

Albanian

tërhiqem (back away, back out of, backpedal, backslide, climb down, deny, depart, draw away, draw back, fall back, give ground, rebound, recede, recoil, retrograde, shrink, withdraw), nxjerr në pension (pension off), largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get along, get away, go, go away, go off, leave, make oneself scarce, move out, recede, run away, run off, secede, subside, take away, turn out, veer), ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get along, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go away, go off, go out, hence, leave, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, move away, pass, pass off, push off, run away, run off, shoot through, take away, take off), heq nga qarkullimi (call in, withdraw). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غادر (blow, depart, disloyal, false, feline, get carried away, go, hop, insidious, jump, leave, pop off, quit, ratty, scram, skip, snaky, sneak, snide, start, traitorous, treacherous), ‏حال إلى التقاعد, ‏تقهقر (back away, fall back, fall behind, give ground, go on before, hold down, lose ground, recede, recession, retreat, retreating, retrograde, retrogression, withdraw), ‏تقاعد (pension, retirement, superannuate), ‏تراجع (back away, back down, back up, backwards, blemish, degradation, draw back, drawback, fall back, fall behind, give back, give ground, give the right of way, kick, lose ground, move back, palinode, recede, recess, recession, recoil, regress, regression, renege, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, stand, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw), ‏إنكفأ (regress), ‏إنسحب (draw back, drop, drop out, move back, pull back, pull out, push off, recede, retreat, separate, shag off, slope, smooth away, stand down, step down, subtract, withdraw), ‏إنعزل (be secluded), ‏إعتزل (keep oneself to oneself, renounce, resign, retreat), ‏أوي الى فراشه. (various references)

Bulgarian 

уволнявам (boot, cast, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense, drop, fire, grass, lay off, muster out, release, relieve, remove, sack, send away, separate, shelve, turn away), уединявам се (seclude, withdraw), отстъпвам (accede to, backpedal, backslide, backtrack, comply, concede, defer, deliver, draw back, fall back, give, give back, give ground, give in, give up, give way to, knuckle under, part with, release, retreat, retrocede, say uncle, stand aside, stand back, step back, submit, succumb, vail), оттеглям се (adjourn, back, back away, disengage, draw back, draw off, draw out, fall back, fall off, give back, give way to, pull back, recede, repair, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, run out, scuttle, seclude, step down, withdraw), оттеглям (back down, countermand, detach, haul off, pull away, retract, retreat, withdraw), отбой (retreat), отдръпвам се (back away, dodge, ease off, ebb, flow back, move away, move up, pull over, quail, recoil, shrink away, shrink back, stand aside, stand off, step aside), напускам работа, заповед за отстъпление, лягам си (bunk, flop, hit the hay, kip, kip down, lie down, roll in, sack out, shake down, turn in), приключвам играта, пенсионирам се, пенсионирам (pension, pension off), изтеглям от обръщение (withdraw), излизам в оставка. (various references)

Chinese 

退休 (Emeritus, retired, retirement, retiring). (various references)

Czech

ustoupit (budge, fall back, give back, give ground, give in, recede, relent, retreat, shrink, shrink back, shrink from, start back, submit, withdraw, yield), penzionovat (pension off), odejít do dùchodu, odejít (come away, come off, depart, go away, go off, go out, leave, make one's exit, make tracks for, move away, move off, quit, stir, to leave, vacate, walk away, walk off), jít spát (go to bed, go to sleep, turn in). (various references)

Dutch

met pensioen gaan (go on pension), aftreden (abdicate, abdication, quit, resign, resignation). (various references)

Esperanto

pensiiĝi (go on pension), emeritiĝi. (various references)

Farsi 

پس رفتن (Recede, Regress, Retrograde, Retrogress), کناره گیری کردن (Abdicate, Secede), استراحتگاه (Restroom), استراحت کردن (Lair, Nubuckle, Rest), بازنشسته کردن یاشدن . (various references)

Finnish

vetäytyä syrjään (step aside, withdraw), vetäytyä (draw back, fall back, retreat, withdraw), ottaa ero (leave, resign), mennä makuulle (go to bed, lie down), erota virasta (resign). (various references)

French

se retirer (recede, retreat). (various references)

German

pensionieren (pension, pension off, superannuate, to retire, to superannuate), ausscheiden (be eliminated, drop out, eliminate, excrete, pass, reject, to eliminate). (various references)

Greek 

συνταξιοδοτούμαι, αποσύρω (draw out, retract, withdraw), αποσύρομαι (pull out, recede, resign, retire from, retract, retreat, stand down, withdraw). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תבו�"�" (be a recluse, keep oneself to oneself, live in seclusion), ל�"סתלק (be off, depart, exit, get away, go away, go off, make off, pop off, scat, scram, sheer off, skip, take off, withdraw), לס�'ת (back away, draw back, fall back, give ground, lose ground, recede, retract, retreat, withdraw). (various references)

Hungarian

visszavonul (give ground, haul off, recede, retreat, retrograde, stand down, to flinch, to give ground, to lose ground, to pull back, to recede, to recess, to recoil, to retire, to retreat, to retrograde, to sequester oneself, to shut up shop, to step aside, to take the back track, withdraw), nyugdíjaz (pension off, superannuate, to superannuate). (various references)

Italian

ritirarsi (drop out, ebb, flinch, go back on, neap, pull back, recede, retreat, shrink, stand down, withdraw), ritirare (abstract, collect, draw, draw back, evacuate, pick up, recede, retract, seclude, shrink, subside, take, take away, throw again, to withdraw, withdraw), mandare in pensione, licenziarsi (resign, say goodbye), andare in pensione. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

リズ� 運動 (lithium, lycee, recession, redial, redirect, redirection, reduction, reseller, reset, resolver, resort, resort hotel, resort wear, resource, retouch, return, return match, return pass, rhythmic exercises, rizotto, villa), 引退 , 休 (being absent, being finished, rest, sleep, taking a day off). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リタイア , きゅう (ball, being absent, being finished, ex-, gather, gift, globe, nine, rest, sleep, sphere, steep, sudden, taking a day off, urgent, wage), い�"たい (retirement, seclusion). (various references)

Korean 

은퇴하십시�". (various references)

Manx

irree ass (abdicate, cry off, emanate, relinquish, resign, resignation), goll magh (egress, exit, go out, issuing, outgoing, outward bound, slip out, sortie), goll ergooyl (get back, recede, recession, retreat, retrogress, retrogression, reverse; neap tide, setback, tergiversation, withdrawal), goll dy lhie (roost, set), goll dy chadley, faagail (abandon, bequeath, depart, descend, disembark, ditch, flitting, forsake, give up, hand down, keep on, leave, leaving, maroon, outgoing, quit, quitting, relinquish, season; vacating, seasoning, strand, throw over), cur seose (abdication, carry forward, disclaim, drop off, extradite, extradition, fit on, fix, flush, hang, increase, move, pitch, postulate, put up, relinquish, relinquishment, represent, set on fire, surrender). (various references)

Maori

whakangaa (to retire). (various references)

Pig Latin

etireray.(various references)

Portuguese

retirar-se (back down, clear off, disappear, off, retreat, secede), retirar (recant, remove, take away, withdraw, withhold), retirada (evacuation, fallback, pullout, recession, removal, remove, retreat, withdrawal), reformar‐se, recuar (backpedal, blench, boggle, crawfish, flinch, flunk, indent, kick, off, quail, recede, recoil, retreat), obrigar a retirar, afastar-se (absent onself, depart, go away, hide, keep away, leave, straggle, turn away, veer), aposentar (pension off, superannuate), aposentar‐se, aposentar-se, aposente, bater em retirada (beat a retreat, retreat), ir dormir (go to sleep), afastar (alienate, avert, call away, depart, deviate, dispel, distract, diverge, divert, do away with, eliminate, estrange, fend, get rid of, hold off, keep away, keep off, lay off, make away, move away, obviate, relegate, remove, repel, rid, separate, wean, withdraw), jubilar‐se, vestir o pijama, toque de retirada (retreat), tornar‐sepensionista, ir-se embora (part, quit, run along, take to one's heels). (various references)

Romanian

retragere (backing, climb down, recall, recession, refuge, regress, retirement, retiring, retraction, retreat, seclusion, withdrawal), retrage de pe piaţã, retrage (recall, recede, remove, retract, subside, withdraw), se retrage (adjourn, climb, crane, cry off, draw back, draw off, efface, fall back, give way, make one's bow, move back, repair in, repair to, retract, retreat, shrink, shrink from, stand back, step aside, withdraw), plãti un efect, ieşi la pensie (retire on a pension), concedia (boot, discard, discharge, dismiss, drum out, fire, give notice, pay off, put out, sack, shelve, suspend, turn off), bate în retragere (beat a retreat, blench, retreat), abdica (abdicate, resign), îndepãrta (avert, carry off, cast, chase away, clean, clear, cut out, discard, dismiss, drive away, eliminate, estrange, fence off, lay, move away, remove, ward off, withdraw). (various references)

Russian 

уходить в отставку (demit, resign). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

povući (disaffirm, draw off, keep back, pull, recall, scratch, take, take back, withdraw), penzionisati (pension, pension off, superannuate), ići na spavanje (doss, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, turn in). (various references)

Spanish

retirarse (bolt, bow out, disengage, draw away, draw back, fall back, remove, retreat, scratch, sequester oneself, withdraw). (various references)

Swedish

retirera (give ground, retreat), dra sig tillbaka (draw back, ebb, fall back, pull back, recarde, stand down). (various references)

Turkish

yatmaya gitmek (go to bed, retire for the night, retire to rest), yatağa yatmak (retire to rest), uzaklaşmak (become distant, draw away, grow away from, move away, recede, walk away, walk off, wander, wander away, wander off), uyumaya gitmek (retire for the night, retire to rest), tedavülden kaldırmak (call in, demonetize, immobilize, withdraw from circulation), inzivaya çekilmek (cloister, live in seclusion, retreat, seclude oneself, sequester oneself), geri çekmek (draw away, draw back, draw off, recall, retract, withdraw), geri çekilmek (beat a retreat, blench, disengage, fall back, recede, recoil, regress, retract, retreat, set back, shrink back, stand back, step back, withdraw), emekliye ayırmak (pension off, shelve, superannuate), emekli olmak (be out at grass, be retired, retire to pasture), emekli etmek (pension, pension off, put out to grass, superannuate), ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, get off, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, leave, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, pull out, quit, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, sunder, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, vacate, walk off, walk out, walk out of, withdraw), ödemek (acquit, ante, ante up, atone for, clear, come across with, defray, disburse, discharge, domicil, domicile, domiciliate, fee, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, indemnify, pay, pay for, pay in, pay out, pick up the tab, plonk down, quit, recoup, redeem, repay, satisfy, settle, shell out, spring, stump, stump up, to pay, wipe out), çekilmek (abdicate, be pulled, bolt, bow, bow out, decline, desist, draw away, draw back, draw off, dry up, ebb, edge out, give over, go out, gravitate, opt out, quit, recede, repair, resign, retract, scratch, secede, stand, step aside, step down, walk out, withdraw). (various references)

Ukrainian

залишати посаду, лягати спати (go to bed, go to sleep), піти (come away, depart, exit, leave). (various references)

Welsh

ymneilltuo, ymddeol (abdicate, resign, retired). (various references)

abeo, abscedat, abscedentibus, amore, amoris, amotis, amoto, amotus, amove, amoveamus, amovebis, amoverent, amoveret, amoverunt, amovet, amovete, amovi, amovit, cubitum ire, decessit, defungo, recedam, recede, recedent, recedentibus, recedere, recedes, recedet, recedo, recepi, recesserat, recesseruntque, recessi, recessisse, recessisti, recessit, recipio, recipio, recepi, receptum, repedabat. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "retire": retired, retiredly, retiredness, retirednesses, retiree, retirees, retirement, retirements, retirer, retirers, retires. (additional references)

Words containing "retire": postretirement, preretirement, preretirements, semiretired, semiretirement, semiretirements. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Retire" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ertier, etire, raire, Rayure, redire, regir, reire, Reiterer, rerite, restrike, retaxe, reter, retere, reti, retier, retine, retipe, retiro, retirve, retiry, retite, retoire, retore, retree, retrim, retrive, retude, ritier, rituro, Ruairi, runtire. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: retie, trier.

-2 letters: rete, rite, tier, tire, tree.

-3 letters: ere, err, ire, ree, rei, ret, tee, tie.

-4 letters: er, et, it, re, ti.

+1 letter: ferrite, miterer, reciter, reinter, rentier, retired, retiree, retirer, retires, retried, retries, rewrite, riveter, tearier, terrier, terries, terrine, tireder, trireme.

+2 letters: arteries, bitterer, chertier, destrier, directer, ditherer, diverter, earthier, exterior, ferrites, filterer, frettier, heartier, heretrix, inserter, interred, interrex, inverter, litterer, loiterer, merriest, miterers, overtire, peripter, portiere, preterit, prettier, reciters, redirect, refilter, register, reinsert, reinters, remitter, rentiers, reorient, requiter, resister, restrike, restrive, retailer, retainer, retirees, retirers, retrieve, reuniter, rewriter, rewrites, rimester, riveters, terrible, terriers, terrines, tinkerer, tirrivee, titterer, towerier, trendier, tressier, trimeter, triremes, ureteric, verditer, waterier, winterer, witherer.