| a. | 1. | Private; secluded; quiet; | ||||||
| 2. | Withdrawn from active duty or business;
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| Adj. | 1. | retired - no longer active in your work or profession |
| 2. | retired - 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 Synonyms: emeritus | |
| 3. | retired - not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" Synonyms: out | |
| 4. | retired - (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war" Synonyms: out of service | |
| 5. | retired - discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant" Synonyms: superannuated |
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