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Definition of Retired
Retired

of Retire

Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.

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Retired Quotations

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.
Thomas Moore

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.
Julius Erving

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.
Omar N. Bradley

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.
Dick Cheney

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.
Pete Rose

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.
Nolan Ryan

I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very much.
Eric Cantona

I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year and a half later, I'm always going to the cemetery.
Red Adair

I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice.
George Mason

People do not retire. They are retired by others.
Duke Ellington

Retired Translations

retired in Dutch is gepensioneerd, rustend, in ruste
retired in Italian is pensionato
retired in Portuguese is aposentado
retired in Spanish is pensionado, jubilado
retired in Swedish is pensionerad


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