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How do you spell Retiring

Available Definitions:
1)  a. - Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
2)  a. - Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.
3)  v. t. - 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.
4)  v. i. - 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.
5)  v. i. - To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
6)  v. i. - To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
7)  v. i. - To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
8)  v. i. - To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
9)  n. - The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
10)  n. - A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.





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