retiring

Plural: retirings

Verb

• go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
• withdraw from active participation
• pull back or move away or backward
• withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
• break from a meeting or gathering
• make (someone) retire
• dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
• lose interest
• cause to be out on a fielding play
• cause to get out
• prepare for sleep
• present participle and gerund of retire

Adjective Satellite

• not arrogant or presuming
  • "a shy retiring girl"
• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
  • "a retiring member of the board"
• reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Adj

• introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.

Noun

• retirement

Adjective

• Shy, modest, and reserved in nature.

Examples

• Despite her retiring demeanor, she was a fierce Scrabble competitor.
• I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
• Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.

Synonyms

adjourn, bed, crawl in, draw back, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, move back, past, preceding, pull away, pull back, put out, recede, reticent, retire, retreat, sack out, self-effacing, strike out, turn in, unassuming, withdraw

Antonyms

advance, get up, turn out

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