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 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 Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.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.
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