Definition of: retire

(ri·tīr′) v. ·tired, ·tir·ing v.i.
1. To go away or withdraw, as for privacy, shelter, or rest.
2. To go to bed.
3. To withdraw oneself from business, public life, or active service.
4. To fall back; retreat, as troops under attack.
5. To move back; recede or appear to recede.
—v.t.
6. To remove from active service, as an officer of the army or navy.
7. To pay off and withdraw from circulation: to retire bonds.
8. To withdraw (troops, etc.) from action.
9. In baseball, etc., to keep (a batter or runner) from reaching base or scoring by putting him out, or to remove (a side) from an opportunity of scoring. [<F retirer <re- back + tirer draw]