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 withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession.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 Word Forms

• retiredly adverb
• retiredness noun
• nonretired adjective
• quasi-retired adjective
• self-retired adjective
• semiretired adjective
• unretired adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of retired¹

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

Example Sentences

Block retired from the company at 81, but remained a customer.

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“It’s very important to have something to do that you enjoy. I encourage my seniors who are retired to join an organization to help others. Because that gives them importance to living.”

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I am 75, my wife is 71 and we are both retired.

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The company has retired about 200 wells across Appalachia annually in recent years, according to its 2024 sustainability report, most of them through a subsidiary that focuses on cleanup.

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Sue Edelstein, who retired in 2002 at the age of 53, says she did her homework each time before joining the boards at six nonprofits involved in issues like public-land protection.

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Related Words

• elderly 
• resigned