Adolescence /ˌæd

retire /rɪˈtaɪə r / /-ˈtaɪr/ verb STOP WORKING
1. [ I ] to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health
Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity.
He is due to retire as chief executive next year.
2. [ I ] to stop taking part in a race or competition because of illness or injury
She retired from the competition after pulling a leg muscle.
3. [ T often passive ] If an employer retires an employee, they make that person leave their job, usually at a time when they are near to the age at which they would normally stop working, or because they are ill
Following the merger, he was retired with a generous pension.
UNIT 18 The law