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Retiring   /rɪtˈaɪrɪŋ/  /ritˈaɪərɪŋ/  /ritˈaɪrɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Retire  v. t.  (past & past part. retired; pres. part. retiring)  
1.
To withdraw; to take away; sometimes used reflexively. "He... retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest." "As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray."
2.
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
3.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.


Retire  v. i.  
1.
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. "To Una back he cast him to retire." "The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire."
2.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die."
3.
To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. "And from Britannia's public posts retire."
4.
To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
5.
To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
Synonyms: To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.


adjective
Retiring  adj.  
1.
Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
2.
Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.
Retiring board (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service.
Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.





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"Retiring" Quotes from Famous Books



... instant he bent gracefully at Democrates's feet, the red light falling on his gleaming ear and nose rings, his smooth brown skin and beady eyes. The door turned on its pivots—closed. Democrates heard the retiring footsteps. No doubt the Phoenician was taking Lampaxo with him. The Athenian staggered across the room to his bed and flung himself on it, laughing hysterically. How absolutely his enemy was delivered into his hands! How the Morae in sending that Carthaginian ship, to do Lycon's business ...
— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis
... within the recess and knelt before a statue of the Mater Dolorosa; the youth was awed and abashed: he began to consider his daring adventure an unwarrantable intrusion; he meditating kissing the hem of her garment and retiring with all his love unspoken. In the midst of his suspense Margaret arose and confronted him; her manner was formal and dignified ...
— The Truce of God - A Tale of the Eleventh Century • George Henry Miles
... Quetineau had, on the thirteenth, been attacked at Aubiers, and had been forced to evacuate the place, leaving three guns behind him, retiring to Bressuire. The capture of Aubiers was the work of Henri de la Rochejaquelein. He had ridden to join Cathelineau, and met him and the other leaders retiring from Chemille. They were gloomy and depressed. ...
— No Surrender! - A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee • G. A. Henty
... are under restraint. They are permitted to hurt only "those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads." The time of their continuance is "five months," of thirty days each, making 150 years,—"a day for a year." (Ezek. iv. 6.) In the year 606, Mahomet began his imposture by retiring to the cave of Hera. In 612 he appeared publicly as the apostle of his new religion at the head of his deluded followers. Between 612 and 762, he and the warlike chiefs who succeeded him, overran with terrible destruction, Syria, Persia, India, ...
— Notes On The Apocalypse • David Steele
... upon the dark blue sea Has viewed at times, I ween, a full fair sight, When the fresh breeze is fair as breeze may be, The white sail set, the gallant Frigate tight— Masts, spires, and strand retiring to the right, The glorious Main expanding o'er the bow, The Convoy spread like wild swans in their flight, The dullest sailer wearing bravely now— So gaily curl the waves before each ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 • George Gordon Byron


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