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Exact Match:

retire

cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"

lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat"

go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"

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

Synonyms:

• abandon,
• abdicate,
• abscond,
• amortize,
• avoid the limelight,
• back down,
• back out,
• be pensioned,
• be superannuated,
• beat a retreat,
• bed,
• bed down,
• blush unseen,
• boot,
• bounce,
• bow out,
• bowl,
• break,
• bump,
• bust,
• can,
• cashier,
• clear,
• cop out,
• count sheep,
• cup,
• decline,
• deconsecrate,
• defrock,
• degrade,
• demit,
• demote,
• depart,
• deplume,
• depose,
• deprive,
• dethrone,
• die away,
• diminish,
• disappear,
• disbar,
• discharge,
• discrown,
• disemploy,
• disengage,
• disenthrone,
• dish,
• dismiss,
• displace,
• displume,
• doss down,
• draw back,
• draw off,
• drift away,
• drop,
• drum out,
• dwindle,
• ebb,
• evacuate,
• excommunicate,
• exit,
• expel,
• fade,
• fade away,
• fall back,
• fire,
• flop,
• forsake the world,
• furlough,
• get away,
• get off,
• give back,
• give ground,
• give place,
• give the ax,
• give the gate,
• give up,
• go,
• go away,
• go back,
• go beddy-bye,
• go into retirement,
• go night-night,
• go off,
• go to bed,
• go to sleep,
• hibernate,
• hit the hay,
• hit the sack,
• hollow,
• honor,
• incurve,
• junk,
• keep secret,
• kick,
• kick upstairs,
• kip,
• lay off,
• leave,
• let go,
• let out,
• lie down,
• lift,
• liquidate,
• live alone,
• live apart,
• live in retirement,
• make accounts square,
• make redundant,
• move away,
• move back,
• move off,
• oust,
• overthrow,
• pay in full,
• pay off,
• pay the bill,
• pay the shot,
• pay up,
• pension,
• pension off,
• pile in,
• pull away,
• pull back,
• pull out,
• purge,
• quit,
• read out of,
• recede,
• redeem,
• refuse comment,
• release,
• relinquish,
• remain incommunicado,
• remove,
• remove from office,
• renounce the throne,
• replace,
• resign,
• retire from office,
• retreat,
• retrocede,
• roll in,
• run along,
• run back,
• rusticate,
• sack,
• sack out,
• satisfy,
• scrap,
• separate forcibly,
• settle,
• shrink,
• shun companionship,
• sink,
• snooze,
• square,
• square accounts,
• stand aloof,
• stand aside,
• stand back,
• stand down,
• stand mute,
• stand off,
• stay at home,
• step aside,
• strike a balance,
• strip,
• strip of office,
• strip of rank,
• superannuate,
• surplus,
• surrender,
• suspend,
• take a nap,
• take forty winks,
• take it easy,
• take off,
• take the veil,
• take up,
• terminate,
• turn in,
• turn off,
• turn out,
• unchurch,
• unfrock,
• unsaddle,
• unseat,
• unthrone,
• vacate,
• vanish,
• wane,
• waste no words,
• widen the distance,
• withdraw,
• withdraw from,
• yield