retire
Verb
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Go into retirement;
Stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (synset 202384895)"He retired at age 68"hyponym:- superannuate - retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
- bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully
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Withdraw from active participation (synset 202385151)
"He retired from chess"hyponym: drop out - withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional valuessynonym: withdraw
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Pull back or move away or backward (synset 201998474)
"The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"hypernym: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallyhyponym:verb group: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
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Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds (synset 202486037)
hypernym: recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
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Break from a meeting or gathering (synset 202433334)
"We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"hypernym: close, close down, close up, fold, shut down - cease to operate or cause to cease operatinghyponym: prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
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Make (someone) retire (synset 202385393)
"The director was retired after the scandal"cause: retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's positionhypernym: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or positionhyponym: superannuate - retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
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Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) (synset 202230124)
"She finally retired that old coat"
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Lose interest (synset 201770804)
"he retired from life when his wife died"hypernym: fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary - lose interest or become bored with something or somebodysynonym: withdraw
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Cause to be out on a fielding play (synset 201618361)
domain category: ball, 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 runssynonym: put out
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Cause to get out (synset 201156641)
"The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"cause: ease up, give, give way, move over, yield - move in order to make room for someone for somethingdomain category: ball, 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 runssynonym: strike out
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Prepare for sleep (synset 200017858)
"I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"synonym: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in
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