Re*tired" (?), a.
1.
Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
A retired part of the peninsula.
Hawthorne.
2.
Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
Retired flank Fort., a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. -- Retired list Mil. & Naval, a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government.
-- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.
© Webster 1913.