retired
adjective
[ rɪˈtʌɪəd ]
• having left one's job and ceased to work.
• "a retired headmaster"
Similar:
former,
ex-,
emeritus,
past,
in retirement,
pensioned,
pensioned off,
superannuated,
elderly,
retired people,
pensioners,
old-age pensioners,
OAPs,
senior citizens,
old people,
the elderly,
seniors,
retirees,
retirers,
pensionaries,
• (of a place) quiet and secluded.
• "this retired corner of the world"
retire
verb
• leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.
• "he retired from the Navy in 1986"
Similar:
give up work,
stop working,
stop work,
reach retirement age,
• withdraw to or from a particular place.
• "she retired into the bathroom"
Similar:
go off,
withdraw,
go away,
go out,
exit,
make an exit,
take oneself off,
depart,
decamp,
adjourn,
leave for,
shut oneself away in,
absent oneself,
betake oneself,
repair,
• withdraw (a bill or note) from circulation or currency.
• pay off or cancel (a debt).
• "the debt is to be retired from state gaming-tax receipts"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion’): from French retirer, from re- ‘back’ + tirer ‘draw’.
