RETIRE Copy link • RETIREPROP., recedere (general term): migrare, emigrare, demigrare (ex) loco, in locum (to remove from, etc.): migrare, emigrare domo or e domo (to remove from a dwelling): secedere in locum (to separate and withdraw to another place; Vid: Liv., 2, 32, sq.). To retire out of sight, abdere se in locum (rarely with a dative). Figuratively, a republica recedere or se sevocare: a negotiis publicis se removere: de foro decedere. To retire entirely from public business, ab omni parte reipublicae se subtrahere (gradually): a negotiis publicis se removere ad otiumque perfugere: to retire from life (i. e., to die), de praesidio et statione vitae decedere; (from an office) abdicare munus (which, however, is rare) or (more commonly) se munere; abire (magistratu or honore); abscedere munere (Liv. 9, 3): magistratum deponere.