retired

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. no longer active in your work or profession
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Retired \Re*tired"\, a.

1.Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. [1913 Webster]

A retired part of the peninsula.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]

2.Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. [1913 Webster]

Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work.

Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. [1913 Webster] -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade.]

1.To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. [1913 Webster]

He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.— Sir P. Sidney.[1913 Webster]
As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray.— Sir J. Davies.[1913 Webster]

2.To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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