retire

Verb
  1. Go into retirement;
    Stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (synset 202384895)
    "He retired at age 68"
    is a type of: leave office, quit, resign, step down - give up or retire from a position
    subtypes:
  2. Withdraw from active participation (synset 202385151)
    "He retired from chess"
    is a type of: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop - put an end to a state or an activity
    subtypes: drop out - withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values
    same as: withdraw
    verb group:
  3. Pull back or move away or backward (synset 201998474)
    "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    same as: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw
    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
  4. Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds (synset 202486037)
    is a type of: recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
  5. Break from a meeting or gathering (synset 202433334)
    "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
    entail: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet - collect in one place
    is a type of: close, close down, close up, fold, shut down - cease to operate or cause to cease operating
    subtypes: prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
    same as: adjourn, withdraw
    verb group: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw - keep away from others
  6. Make (someone) retire (synset 202385393)
    "The director was retired after the scandal"
    causes: retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
    is a type of: 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 position
    subtypes: superannuate - retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
  7. Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) (synset 202230124)
    "She finally retired that old coat"
    is a type of: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out - throw or cast away
  8. Lose interest (synset 201770804)
    "he retired from life when his wife died"
    is a type of: fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
    subtypes: back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation
    same as: withdraw
    verb group: retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation
  9. Cause to be out on a fielding play (synset 201618361)
    referred to in: 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 runs
    is a type of: diddle, fiddle, play, toy - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
    same as: put out
  10. Cause to get out (synset 201156641)
    "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
    causes: ease up, give, give way, move over, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something
    referred to in: 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 runs
    same as: strike out
  11. Prepare for sleep (synset 200017858)
    "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
    subtypes: bed down, bunk down - go to bed
    same as: 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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