retire

v

1. withdraw, go apart, isolate oneself, secede, separate oneself; rusticate, hibernate, estivate; leave, depart, decamp, take off, go off, go away, abscond; exit, take one's leave; retreat, fall or draw back, give way, lose ground, take flight, flee, beat a retreat; recede, retrocede, ebb.

2. go to bed, turn in, call it a day, consult one's pillow, Sl. sack in or sack out, Sl. hit the hay, Sl. hit the sack.

3. resign, abdicate; give up work, stop working, cease employment, take early retirement; go on Social Security, collect one's pension, be pensioned; take mandatory retirement, be shelved, be put on the shelf, be superannuated.

4. redeem, call in, recover, reclaim, buy back, pay off.

5.(of machinery) discard, throw out, scrap, Inf. junk, abandon use of, withdraw from service, disuse.