Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Retire \Re*tire"\, 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.

            He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children
            into a forest.                        --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

            As when the sun is present all the year, And never
            doth retire his golden ray.           --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.

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 Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired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

Source : WordNet®

retired
     adj 1: no longer active in your work or profession
     2: honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your
        title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in
        `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need
        not imply that one is inactive [syn: {emeritus}]
     3: not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at
        second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [syn: {out(p)}]
        [ant: {safe(p)}]
     4: (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was
        placed out of service after the war" [syn: {out of service}]
     5: discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a
        pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: {superannuated}]