retiring

adjectiveverbnounattested in dialogue

//ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ//

introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.

adjective

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introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
My uncle, as I can remember, was retiring in his disposition, scarcely ever visiting any one and not more frequently receiving any visitors.
Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired.

verb

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Also a form of retirepresent participle and gerund of retire
Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.

noun

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retirement
One day of those his retirings ^([sic]), giving out that he was sick, his father Antigonus came on the sudden to visit him, and met a fair dainty youth coming out of his chamber.

Forms

plural: retirings

retire · To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old…retired · Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.);…retirement · An act of retiring; withdrawal.

retiring · introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.

retract · To pull (something) back or back inside.retreat · The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something…Retreat · A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New…

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