RETIRE

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

Example: "He retired at age 68"

• leave office
• quit  13
• resign  7

• superannuate  14
• bow out
• withdraw  18

Withdraw from active participation

Example: "He retired from chess"

• withdraw  18

• cease  7
• discontinue  14
• give up
• lay off
• quit  13
• stop  6

• drop out

Pull back or move away or backward

Example: "The enemy withdrew"

• draw back
• move back
• pull away
• pull back
• recede  9
• retreat  7
• withdraw  18

• go  3
• locomote  12
• move  9
• travel  9

• fall back
• retreat  7
• retrograde  12
• back down
• • back off
  • back up
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Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

Break from a meeting or gathering

Example: "We adjourned for lunch"

• adjourn  15
• withdraw  18

• close  7
• close down
• fold  8
• shut down

• prorogue  11

Make (someone) retire

Example: "The director was retired after the scandal"

• can  5
• dismiss  10
• displace  13
• fire  7
• give notice
• give the axe
• give the sack
• sack  10
• send away
• terminate  11

• superannuate  14

Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

Example: "She finally retired that old coat"

Lose interest

Example: "He retired from life when his wife died"

• withdraw  18

• fatigue  11
• jade  12
• pall  6
• tire  4
• weary  11

• back down
• back off
• bow out
• chicken out
• • pull out
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Cause to be out on a fielding play

• put out

Cause to get out

Example: "The pitcher retired three batters"

• strike out

Prepare for sleep

Example: "I usually turn in at midnight"

• bed  6
• crawl in
• go to bed
• go to sleep
• hit the hay
• hit the sack
• kip down
• sack out
• turn in

• bed down
• bunk down