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Learn to pronounce re·tire

/rəˈtī(ə)r/
verb
  1. leave one's job and cease to work, typically upon reaching the normal age for leaving employment.
    "he retired from the navy in 1966"
    synonyms: give up work, stop working, stop work, reach retirement age
  2. withdraw to or from a particular place.
    "she retired into the bathroom with her toothbrush"
    synonyms: go off, withdraw, go away, go out, exit, make an exit, take oneself off, depart, decamp, adjourn, leave for, shut oneself away in, absent oneself, betake oneself, repair
  3. withdraw (a bill or note) from circulation or currency.
  4. pay off or cancel (a debt).
    "the debt is to be retired from state gaming-tax receipts"

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to make someone leave their job, usually at a time when they are near to the age at which they would normally stop working, or because of sickness:.
pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. type of: fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary.