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/rɪtˈaɪrɪŋ/ /ritˈaɪərɪŋ/ /ritˈaɪrɪŋ/ Listen

Retiring

adjective

1.

Not arrogant or presuming. Synonym: unassuming. "A shy retiring girl"

2.

Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office. Synonyms: past, preceding.

3.

Reluctant to draw attention to yourself. Synonyms: reticent, self-effacing.

Retire

verb

(past & past part. retired; pres. part. retiring)

1.

Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.

2.

Withdraw from active participation. Synonym: withdraw.

3.

Pull back or move away or backward. Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw. "The limo pulled away from the curb" Antonym: advance.

4.

Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.

5.

Break from a meeting or gathering. Synonyms: adjourn, withdraw. "The men retired to the library"

6.

Make (someone) retire.

7.

Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).

8.

Lose interest. Synonym: withdraw.

9.

Cause to be out on a fielding play. Synonym: put out.

10.

Cause to get out. Synonym: strike out. "The runner was put out at third base"

11.

Prepare for sleep. Synonyms: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" Antonyms: get up, turn out.

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"Retiring" Quotes from Famous Books

... in one of two methods, "line" and "circle." These represent two of the early forms of dramatic action. The "line" form (two lines of players standing opposite each other having a space of ground between them, advancing and retiring in turn) represents two different and opposing parties engaged in a struggle or contest. This method is used in all cases where contest is involved. The "circle" form, on the other hand, where all players join hands, represents ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various

... early when they arrived; the two older ladies awaited them in the parlor, and some time was spent in pleasant converse before retiring for ...

— Grandmother Elsie • Martha Finley

... key-holes I imagined that I saw my father's eyes rest on the latchet crevice. So I bethought me that it was time for me to be retiring to bed. To my room, therefore, I went straightway, tiptoeing on the points of my hose. And with ears cocked I heard my father attend the Duke to the door, and on across the yard, lest any night-wandering traitor should take ...

— Red Axe • Samuel Rutherford Crockett

... to decide at what hour she had died; and when the members of the appalled household were questioned, Muriel and Miss Dexter stated that she had kissed them good night and appeared as well as usual at her customary time of retiring; and Rachel testified that after she was in bed, she rang her bell and directed her to tell the cook that as Dr. Grey would probably come home about daylight, she must get up early and have a cup of coffee ready when he arrived. ...

— Vashti - or, Until Death Us Do Part • Augusta J. Evans Wilson

... no more than the man in the moon. I parted from him when we read the notice that trespassers on this estate would be prosecuted; till then we did not know that we were trespassing, but on discovering that such was the case, we were retiring when, your shouts alarming us, we proceeded farther than we should otherwise ...

— Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin • William H. G. Kingston

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