superannuate - retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity

bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

recede, fall back, retire - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

back down, back off, back up - move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"

ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out - flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw, retire - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

retreat, retrograde - move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

close, close down, shut down, fold - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."

prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

superannuate - retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, dismiss, fire, terminate - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - get tired of something or somebody

retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

diddle, toy, fiddle, play - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"

baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

bed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"