retiring

Etymology

adj

  1. introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
    I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
    Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired. 1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter LX, in Jennie Gerhardt

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of retire
    Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.

noun

  1. retirement

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