retiring Definition

retire
verb retired, retiring

tr & intr
1. To stop or make someone stop working permanently, usually on reaching an age at which a pension can be received.

Example: retired at 60
intr
2. formal
To go away to rest, especially to go to bed.
Thesaurus: rest, go to bed, lie down, sleep, turn in, hit the sack (slang).
intr
3. formal
To go away (from or to a place); to leave.
Example: retire to the drawing room
Thesaurus: leave, withdraw, depart, recede, retreat, exit, secede, remove, decamp; Antonym: enter, join.
tr & intr
4. To withdraw or make someone withdraw from a sporting contest, especially because of injury.
tr & intr
5. Said of a military force, etc: to move or be moved back, away from a dangerous position.

Derivative: retiral
noun

An act of retiring, eg from work, or of going away from a place.

Derivative: retired

Having permanently stopped work because of one's age.

Secluded.

Derivative: retirement

The act of retiring or state of being retired from work.

Seclusion and privacy.
Thesaurus: withdrawal, retreat, seclusion, solitude, privacy.

Derivative: retiring
adj

Shy and reserved; not liking to be noticed.
Thesaurus: reticent, self-effacing, shy, timid, unassuming, diffident, meek, bashful, quiet, reserved, mousy, demure, reclusive, shrinking; Antonym: assertive, forward.

Derivative: retiringly
adverb

Etymology: 16c: from French retirer to pull back.