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Retired
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What's The Definition Of Retired?
[adj] no longer active in your work or profession
[adj] 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 [adj] discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [adj] (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [adj] (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war" Synonyms | Synonyms for Retired: down(p) | emeritus | inactive | old | out of commission | out of service | out(p) | superannuated Related Terms | Find terms related to Retired: See Also | Retired In Webster's Dictionary \Re*tired"\, a.
1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
retired habits.
A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne.
2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
officer; a retired physician.
{Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
of the work.
{Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
from active service, but still receive a specified amount
of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
{Re*tired"ness}, n.
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