retire

1. (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.Examples: "Having made a large fortune, he retired."; "He wants to retire at 55."; "She decided to retire from her banking job due to stress."intransitive

2. (intransitive, sports) To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.Examples: "I have decided to retire from football at the end of the season after the World Cup."; "I have decided to retire from test cricket at 45."intransitive

3. (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.Examples: "He […] retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest."; "As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray."reflexivesometimestransitive

4. (transitive) To cease use or production of something.Examples: "The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company."; "When a hurricane becomes so deadly or destructive that future use would be insensitive, officials may retire the name of the hurricane."; "Only now, due to the COVID-19-associated drop in traffic, are they being retired with 12 of the 30 trains moved to Landore (Swansea) for warm storage."transitive

5. (transitive) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.Examples: "The central bank retired those notes five years ago."transitive

6. (transitive) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.Examples: "The board retired the old major."; "How had it felt, at 28, to be the hottest young actor in town? He [Richard Gere] grinned. “It was great having the attention,” he said. “I thought: ‘This is it! I’ve done it! I’m going to retire my father. I’m putting money away for college for my sisters,’ the whole thing. It’s incredibly euphorious. All of a sudden the rehearsal period of your life is over, and your future has arrived. It’s liberating.”"; "By the time I first spoke to Magana in late 2022, 25/7 Media’s success had given him some measure of financial security. “The truth is that I just retired my parents,” he told me two days after Christmas."transitive