What is the meaning of retiring?

verb

• Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.
  • usage: "He retired at age 68"
  • synonyms: retire
• Withdraw from active participation.
  • usage: "He retired from chess"
  • synonyms: retire, withdraw
• Pull back or move away or backward.
  • usage: "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
  • synonyms: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
• Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.
  • synonyms: retire
• Break from a meeting or gathering.
  • usage: "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
  • synonyms: adjourn, withdraw, retire
• Make (someone) retire.
  • usage: "The director was retired after the scandal"
  • synonyms: retire
• Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed. )
  • usage: "She finally retired that old coat"
  • synonyms: retire
• Lose interest.
  • usage: "he retired from life when his wife died"
  • synonyms: retire, withdraw
• Cause to be out on a fielding play.
  • synonyms: put out, retire
• Cause to get out.
  • usage: "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
  • synonyms: retire, strike out
• Prepare for sleep.
  • usage: "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
  • synonyms: go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

adjective

• Not arrogant or presuming.
  • usage: "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"
  • synonyms: unassuming
• Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
  • usage: "a retiring member of the board"
  • synonyms: past, preceding
• Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
  • synonyms: reticent, self-effacing