retirement (-tir-mān), n.m., (surg.) contraction, shrinking of the nerves and muscles.
retirer, v.a., to draw again; to draw back; to withdraw; to draw out; to take away; to redeem, to recover; to retract, to claim, to withdraw; to reap, to get, to derive; to receive; to lodge, to shelter, to harbor; to fire off again, to let off again (fireworks); to remove (from school, prison); to derive (profit). — sa parole; to call back one’s word. — quelqu’un de prison; to remove any one from prison. — des choses qui étaient en gage; to take things out of pawn. — son enjeu; to withdraw one’s stakes. — du danger; to rescue from danger.
se retirer, v.r., to retire, to withdraw, to go away; (of water) to subside, to recede, to ebb; to retire from, to leave; to quit; to shrink, to contract, to recoup or retrieve one’s self, to be drawn back or withdrawn. Retirez-vous; leave the room; be off; (jur.) stand down (to witnesses). Il s’est retiré du service; he has quitted the service. Se — du commerce; to retire from business. Se — en lieu de sûreté; to retire to a place of safety. Il se retire de bonne heure; he keeps good hours. Ils se retirèrent chacun chez eux; they retired to their respective homes.
retirer, v.n., to withdraw, to ebb, to go down (of the tide).
retisser, v.a., to weave again.
retombée, n.f., (arch.) springing (of an arch).
retomber, v.n., to fall again; to relapse, to fall down again; to fall. — malade; to fall ill again. — dans la même faute; to relapse into the same fault.
retondre, v.a., to shear again; (arch.) to clean off, to cut away useless ornaments.
retoquer, v.a., to pluck, to plow again (at exam.).
retordage, n.m., (manu.) twisting.