RETIRE

(STOP WORKING) [verb] [I] - to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill healthThey came back to England in 1991 to retire.Since she retired from the company, she has begun to work as a volunteer for a charity.He is due to retire as chief executive next year.If an employer retires an employee, they dismiss that person, usually at a time when the person is near to the age at which they would normally stop working, or because the person is ill.He was retired with a generous pension.Following a serious accident at work, she was retired early for reasons of ill health.Over 300 people have been retired from the factory in the past year.If someone retires from a race or competition, they stop taking part in it because of illness or injury.She retired injured from the competition after the first day.