intransitive verb retired -·tired′, retiring -·tir′·ing

1. to go away, retreat, or withdraw to a private, sheltered, or secluded place
2. to go to bed
3. to give ground, as in battle; retreat; withdraw
4. to give up one's work, business, career, etc., esp. because of advanced age
5. to move back or away, or seem to do so

Etymology: Fr retirer < re-, back + tirer, to draw < VL *tirare

transitive verb

1. to withdraw or move in retreat to retire troops from an action
2. 1. to take (money) out of circulation
   2. to take up or pay off (stocks, bonds, bills, etc.)
3. to cause to retire from a position, job, or office
4. to withdraw from use to retire outdated machinery
5. ☆ Baseball to end the batting turn of (a batter, side, etc.) by putting the batter, side, etc. out