Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Retired \Re*tired"\, a.
   1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of
      retired habits.

            A retired part of the peninsula.      --Hawthorne.

   2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired
      officer; a retired physician.

   {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear
      of the work.

   {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by
      reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved
      from active service, but still receive a specified amount
      of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. --
      {Re*tired"ness}, n.