retire from

VERB

relinquish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon abdicate cede drop out forgo hand over quit renounce surrender vacate waive withdraw yield

STRONG

abnegate cast desert discard ditch drop dump forbear forsake forswear kick leave release repudiate resign sacrifice shed

WEAK

back down cast off cut loose drop like hot potato kiss good-bye lay aside opt out quit cold turkey stand down swear off take the oath take the pledge

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow assert claim continue defend fight hold keep remain retain stay win

STRONG

gather maintain revert take up

WEAK

take

Example Sentences

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Aston Villa midfielder Lucy Staniforth says she did not hesitate when making the decision to retire from football at the end of the season.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

She didn’t officially retire from acting until around 2010, and by 2015 she had gone public with her Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

I can officially retire from my employer at age 55, but I’m not sure I can gut it out until then.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Summers will retire from his academic and faculty posts at Harvard at the end of this academic year and will remain on leave until then, the spokesman added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

When tired of this occupation, I would retire from the stairhead to the solitary and silent nursery: there, though somewhat sad, I was not miserable.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

retire from

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