retired

[ ri-tahyuhrd ]

adjective

1. withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession:

   a retired banker.

2. due or given a retired person:

   retired pay.

3. secluded or sequestered:

   a retired little village.

   Synonyms: solitary, removed, isolated

Other Words From

• re·tiredly adverb
• re·tiredness noun
• nonre·tired adjective
• quasi-re·tired adjective
• self-re·tired adjective
• semi·re·tired adjective
• unre·tired adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of retired¹

First recorded in 1580–90; retire + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Raducanu, though, has not played since 21 September when she retired from her Korea Open quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina, but on Thursday she insisted she was ready.

From BBC

At least two of those relationships with civilian Pentagon chiefs — retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis and Army combat veteran Mark Esper — resulted in open acrimony, despite a long-standing reluctance on the part of current and retired military officers to publicly criticize the commander in chief.

From Los Angeles Times

According to the Journal, the panel would consist of ranking retired officers who were empowered to recommend removal of former peers deemed to be “lacking in requisite leadership qualities.”

From Los Angeles Times

One reason the subject is so sensitive is that accounts of some of Trump’s unorthodox first-term dealings with serving and retired military officials are fresh in the minds of many, aired in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.

From Los Angeles Times

The former president’s longest-serving chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, made waves with a series of interviews in which he disclosed that Trump spoke wistfully of the loyalty of Hitler’s Nazi generals, and said he believed that Trump’s views aligned with “the general definition of fascist.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• elderly
• resigned