DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
52.15.72.229

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 retiredness
 隱退;退縮;遠隔

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.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