| retire | | |
| v. (social) | 1. retire | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.; "He retired at age 68" |
| ~ superannuate | retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity. |
| ~ bow out, withdraw | retire gracefully.; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| v. (social) | 2. retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ retire, withdraw | lose interest.; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
| ~ bow out, withdraw | retire gracefully.; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" |
| ~ drop out | withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values.; "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California" |
| ~ cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| v. (motion) | 3. draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| ~ back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ fall back | move back and away from.; "The enemy fell back" |
| ~ retreat, retrograde | move back.; "The glacier retrogrades" |
| ~ back down, back off, back up | move backwards from a certain position.; "The bully had to back down" |
| v. (social) | 4. retire | withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds. |
| ~ recall | make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution.; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" |
| v. (social) | 5. adjourn, retire, withdraw | break from a meeting or gathering.; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
| ~ seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw | keep away from others.; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" |
| ~ close down, close up, shut down, close, fold | cease to operate or cause to cease operating.; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" |
| ~ prorogue | adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body. |
| ~ foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet | collect in one place.; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| v. (social) | 6. retire | make (someone) retire.; "The director was retired after the scandal" |
| ~ retire | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.; "He retired at age 68" |
| ~ superannuate | retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability. |
| ~ give notice, give the axe, give the sack, can, force out, sack, send away, displace, dismiss, fire, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| v. (possession) | 7. retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).; "She finally retired that old coat" |
| ~ cast aside, cast away, chuck out, discard, throw away, toss away, toss out, cast out, dispose, put away, throw out, fling, toss | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. retire, withdraw | lose interest.; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
| ~ fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" |
| ~ retire, withdraw | withdraw from active participation.; "He retired from chess" |
| ~ bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out | remove oneself from an obligation.; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" |
| v. (contact) | 9. put out, retire | cause to be out on a fielding play. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ diddle, toy, fiddle, play | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" |
| v. (competition) | 10. retire, strike out | cause to get out.; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ ease up, give way, move over, yield, give | move in order to make room for someone for something.; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
| v. (body) | 11. bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in | prepare for sleep.; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" |
| ~ bed down, bunk down | go to bed.; "We bedded down at midnight" |
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