retire

• Go into retirement
  Stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position (synset 202384895)
  hypernym: leave office, quit, resign, step down - give up or retire from a position
  hyponym:

  • superannuate - retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
  • bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully
• Withdraw from active participation (synset 202385151)
  hypernym: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop - put an end to a state or an activity
  hyponym: drop out - withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values
  synonym: withdraw
  verb group:

  • retire, withdraw - lose interest
  • bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully
• Pull back or move away or backward (synset 201998474)
  hypernym: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  hyponym:

  • fall back - move back and away from
  • retreat, retrograde - move back
  • back down, back off, back up - move backwards from a certain position
  synonym: 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
• Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds (synset 202486037)
  hypernym: recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
• Break from a meeting or gathering (synset 202433334)
  entail: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet - collect in one place
  hypernym: close, close down, close up, fold, shut down - cease to operate or cause to cease operating
  hyponym: prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
  synonym: adjourn, withdraw
  verb group: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw - keep away from others
• Make (someone) retire (synset 202385393)
  cause: retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
  hypernym: 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
  hyponym: superannuate - retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability
• Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) (synset 202230124)
  hypernym: 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
• Lose interest (synset 201770804)
  hypernym: fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
  hyponym: back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation
  synonym: withdraw
  verb group: retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation
• 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 runs
  hypernym: diddle, fiddle, play, toy - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
  synonym: put out
• Cause to get out (synset 201156641)
  cause: ease up, give, give way, move over, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something
  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 runs
  synonym: strike out
• Prepare for sleep (synset 200017858)
  hyponym: bed down, bunk down - go to bed
  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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