simple past tense and past participle of retire
"She retired to her garden shed after finishing her morning coffee."
In plain English: To retire means to stop working and leave your job for good.
"They plan to retire next year after working for thirty years."
no longer active in your work or profession
"After thirty years of teaching, she finally retired and now spends her mornings gardening instead of grading papers."
Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
"After decades of high-stress litigation, the judge finally retired to a quiet cottage on the coast where she enjoys long walks and silence."
In plain English: Retired means someone has stopped working and is no longer employed.
"My retired teacher enjoys spending her days gardening in the park."
Usage: Use "retired" to describe someone who has stopped working or an event that is held in privacy rather than the public eye. Do not confuse this adjective with the past tense of the verb "to retire," which requires a different grammatical structure.
The word retired comes from the French verb retraiter, meaning to withdraw or pull back. It entered English with its current sense of withdrawing from active work or public life.