[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

retire \retire"\, n.
   1. the act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also,
      a place to which one retires. obs.
      1913 webster

            the battle and the retire of the english succors.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            eve discover'd soon the place of her retire.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. a call sounded on a bugle, announcing to
      skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

retire \retire"\, v. i.
   1. to go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof;
      to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into
      privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the
      world, or from notice.
      1913 webster

            to una back he cast him to retire.    --spenser.
      1913 webster

            the mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in,
            and to herself she gladly doth retire. --sir j.
                                                  davies.
      1913 webster

   2. to retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety
      or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
      1913 webster

            set uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle,
            and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and
            die.                                  --2 sam. xi.
                                                  15.
      1913 webster

   3. to withdraw from a public station, or from business; as,
      having made a large fortune, he retired.
      1913 webster

            and from britannia's public posts retire. --addison.
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   4. to recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea
      retires in bays and gulfs.
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   5. to go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
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   syn: to withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat;
        retrocede.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

retire \retire"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. retired; p. pr.  vb.
   n. retiring. f. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw.
   see tirade.
   1. to withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
      1913 webster

            he . . . retired himself, his wife, and children
            into a forest.                        --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
      1913 webster

            as when the sun is present all the year,
            and never doth retire his golden ray. --sir j.
                                                  davies.
      1913 webster

   2. to withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take
      up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no
      longer qualified for active service; to place on the
      retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
      1913 webster
see also:
retired retiring tirade 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

retire
     v 1: go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw
          from one's position; "he retired at age 68"
     2: withdraw from active participation; "he retired from chess"
        syn: withdraw
     3: pull back or move away or backward; "the enemy withdrew";
        "the limo pulled away from the curb" syn: withdraw, retreat,
         pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move
        back
     4: move back and away from; "the enemy fell back" syn: recede,
         fall back ant: advance
     5: withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills,
        shares, and bonds
     6: break from a meeting or gathering; "we adjourned for lunch";
        "the men retired to the library" syn: adjourn, withdraw
     7: make someone retire; "the director was retired after the
        scandal"
     8: dispose of; as of old clothes; "she finally retired that old
        coat" syn: pension off
     9: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
        syn: withdraw
     10: cause to be out on a fielding play syn: put out
     11: cause to retire; "the pitcher retired three batters"; "the
         runner was put out at third base" syn: strike out
     12: go to bed in order to sleep; "i usually turn in at
         midnight"; "he turns out at the crack of dawn" syn: go
         to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit
         the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep
         ant: get up, get up
see also:
withdraw retreat pull away draw back recede pull back 
move back fall back advance adjourn pension off 
put out strike out go to bed turn in bed 
crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out 
go to sleep get up 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

197 moby thesaurus words for "retire":
   abandon, abdicate, abscond, amortize, avoid the limelight,
   back down, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated,
   beat a retreat, bed, bed down, blush unseen, boot, bounce, bow out,
   bowl, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, clear, cop out, count sheep,
   cup, decline, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demit, demote,
   depart, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, die away, diminish,
   disappear, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disengage,
   disenthrone, dish, dismiss, displace, displume, doss down,
   draw back, draw off, drift away, drop, drum out, dwindle, ebb,
   evacuate, excommunicate, exit, expel, fade, fade away, fall back,
   fire, flop, forsake the world, furlough, get away, get off,
   give back, give ground, give place, give the ax, give the gate,
   give up, go, go away, go back, go beddy-bye, go into retirement,
   go night-night, go off, go to bed, go to sleep, hibernate,
   hit the hay, hit the sack, hollow, honor, incurve, junk,
   keep secret, kick, kick upstairs, kip, lay off, leave, let go,
   let out, lie down, lift, liquidate, live alone, live apart,
   live in retirement, make accounts square, make redundant,
   move away, move back, move off, oust, overthrow, pay in full,
   pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, pension, pension off,
   pile in, pull away, pull back, pull out, purge, quit, read out of,
   recede, redeem, refuse comment, release, relinquish,
   remain incommunicado, remove, remove from office,
   renounce the throne, replace, resign, retire from office, retreat,
   retrocede, roll in, run along, run back, rusticate, sack, sack out,
   satisfy, scrap, separate forcibly, settle, shrink,
   shun companionship, sink, snooze, square, square accounts,
   stand aloof, stand aside, stand back, stand down, stand mute,
   stand off, stay at home, step aside, strike a balance, strip,
   strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, surrender,
   suspend, take a nap, take forty winks, take it easy, take off,
   take the veil, take up, terminate, turn in, turn off, turn out,
   unchurch, unfrock, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, vacate, vanish,
   wane, waste no words, widen the distance, withdraw, withdraw from,
   yield

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