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Definitions for Retiring

[1] that retires.
[2] withdrawing from contact with others; reserved; shy.
[3] to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
[4] to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
[5] to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
[6] to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
[7] to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
[8] to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
[9] to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
[10] to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
[11] to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
[12] Sports . to put out (a batter, side, etc.).
[13] a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
[14] retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
[15] shunning contact with others; shy; reserved
[16] (also tr) to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age (in Britain and Australia usually 65 for men, 60 for women)
[17] to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc
[18] to go to bed
[19] to recede or disappear the sun retired behind the clouds
[20] to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
[21] (also tr) to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
[22] (tr) to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them to remove (money) from circulation

Words related to Retiring

reserved, humble, quiet, withdrawn, shrinking, restrained, backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, meek, modest, recessive, reclusive, reticent, timid, timorous, unassuming, unsociable

Words nearby Retiring

retirement, retirement community, retirement pension, retirement plan, retirement relief, retiring, retiré, retook, retool, retorsion, retort

Origin of Retiring

e1525–35; < Middle French retirer to withdraw, equivalent to re- re- + tirer to draw

Other words from Retiring

re·tir·ing·ly , adverb
re·tir·ing·ness , noun
non·re·tir·ing , adjective
un·re·tir·ing , adjective
re·tir·er , noun

Word origin for Retiring

eC16: from French retirer, from Old French re- + tirer to pull, draw

Synonyms for Retiring

humble, quiet, reserved, restrained, shrinking, withdrawing, withdrawn, backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, meek, modest, nongregarious, not forward, rabbity, recessive, reclusive, reticent, self-effacing, timid, timorous, unaffable, unassertive, unassuming, unexpansive, unsociable