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Another word for retiring

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Adjective

  1. Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner

    See also:

    restraint

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Another word for retiring

Modifier
  1. See also:

    reserved

    modest

    humble

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Sentence Examples

  • On retiring from office Seward returned to the practice of law.

  • He was appointed in 1911 to succeed Earl Grey as governor-general of Canada, retiring from this office in 1916.

  • The retiring sheriff was still officially connected to Ouray County law enforcement.

  • I took time before retiring for the day to telephone Martha with the good news Julie's break in was a false alarm.

  • In 1873, she was elected a life governor of University College, London, and in 1882 became secretary of Girton College, Cambridge, retiring in 1904.

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