Retire
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer. of a batsman, to voluntarily stop batting so that the next batsman can bat of a fielder, to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put out To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
Example sentence: Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
Withdraw
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pull (something) back.To take back (a comment, etc).To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).To extract (money from an account).To retreat.
Example sentence: Unlike national legal systems, there are precious few avenues to address judicial activism at the WTO. You pretty much have to gain consensus to change the agreements, or simply withdraw from the system. The first is nearly impossible, and the second would be - in the view of many - cataclysmic.