Definition of Retire

defungo, abeo, recedo, cubitum ire, recedo

(v. t.)
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
  

(v. t.)
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
  

(v. i.)
To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
  

(v. i.)
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
  

(v. i.)
To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
  

(v. i.)
To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
  

(v. i.)
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
  

(n.)
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
  

(n.)
A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
  

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Echu = v. to go aside, to retire

retreat; to draw back

1. Withdraw, depart, retreat, remove, leave.
2. Recede, retrocede, fall back, beat a retreat.

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Verb
1. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) superannuate
(derivation) retirement
2. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
(synonym) withdraw
(hypernym) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
(verb-group) bow out, withdraw
(derivation) retirement
3. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
(synonym) withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) recede, fall back
(verb-group) retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
4. move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
(synonym) recede, fall back
(hypernym) withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back
(hyponym) ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
5. withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
(hypernym) recall
6. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
(synonym) adjourn, withdraw
(hypernym) close, fold, shut down, close down
(hyponym) prorogue
(entail) meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(verb-group) seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
7. make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
(hypernym) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
(hyponym) superannuate
8. dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat"
(synonym) pension off
(hypernym) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
9. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
(synonym) withdraw
(hypernym) tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
(hyponym) chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
(verb-group) withdraw
10. cause to be out on a fielding play
(synonym) put out
(hypernym) toy, fiddle, diddle, play
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
11. cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
(synonym) strike out
(cause) move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
12. go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn"
(synonym) go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep
(hyponym) bed down, bunk down

To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt.

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Two players are competing and one player gets injured or sick during the match. That player cannot continue the match and retires. This can happen anytime between the first point and match point.

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