retired list

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. [1913 Webster]

A retired part of the peninsula.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]

2.Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster] -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n. [1913 Webster]