retire
/rɪˈtaɪər/ verb [I]Definition
STOP WORK › to leave your job and stop working, usually because you are old: She retired from the company in 1990.
GO formal › to go to another place where you can be alone or more private: After dinner, he retired to his bedroom.
(Definition of retire verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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