honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title ` emeritus' as in" professor emeritus"; " retired from ` assigned duties'" does not necessarily imply that one is inactive

( of a ship) withdrawn from active service; " the ship was placed out of service after the war"

( baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run; " he was tagged out at second on a close play"; " he fanned out"

no longer active in your work or profession

discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; " a superannuated civil servant"

honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title ` emeritus' as in ` professor emeritus'; ` retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive

not allowed to continue to bat or run; " he was tagged out at second on a close play"; " he fanned out"

of Retire

Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.

Away or withdrawn from society; quiet; having given up business, etc.; private.

Secluded from society; private; gone into retirement.

Secluded from public notice; private.

Then brother and sister retired for a while, apparently to see after my bedroom, and I was left alone in the bar. – The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories The Beckoning Hand--Lucretia--The Third Time--The Gold Wulfric--My Uncle's Will--The Two Carnegies--Olga Davidoff's Husband--John Cann's Treasure--Isaline and I--Professor Milliter's Dilemma--In Strict Confidence--The by Grant Allen

When night fell we retired a mile or two from the river and went into camp. – A Little Union Scout by Joel Chandler Harris

Retired from the public service, 1880. Bib. – The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

The few English able to escape retired to the Tournelles. – Joan of Arc by Ronald Sutherland Gower

It's my opinion it's been daylight all night, for it surely wasn't dark when we retired and we've only been in bed a few minutes. – The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Ralph Victor

His wife brought them, shook hands with the guests, and retired – Là-bas by J. K. Huysmans

I retired to rest. – Missionary Work Among The Ojebway Indians by Edward Francis Wilson

Peter turned to Leonore, who had retired behind her mother. – The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford

She rose from the floor and retired to a distance within the room. – Khaled, A Tale of Arabia by F. Marion Crawford

Isabel had retired and cried herself to sleep. – The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley

You have retired on a hot summer night, tired and heavy with sleep. – Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. Gordon

The Germans retired to their houses. – Tales by Polish Authors by Various

The Queen turned, and retired as quickly as she had come. – Princess Maritza by Percy Brebner

He had been out off with his four regiments by the advance of the Confederate cavalry, and had retired on Sperryville. – Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War by G. F. R. Henderson

They came and took her away; in less than a quarter of an hour afterwards the King retired also, and nearly everybody else. – The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete by Duc de Saint-Simon

He has retired from business and is coming out here for his health. – The Trail to Yesterday by Charles Alden Seltzer

About a fortnight after their marriage Mr. Manley retired from his post of secretary and went to London. – The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson

You don't look old enough to be retired – An Encounter in Atlanta by Ed Howdershelt

Sister Gabrielle retired immediately after dinner, and the Duchessa was left alone with the two men. – Saracinesca by F. Marion Crawford

Because the shepherd retired in the evening from his labor, thoughtest thou the flock deserted? – Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy A Tragedy by Frederich Schiller