ret'd
ret'd is the abbreviation of retired.
ret'd is the abbreviation of returned.
Meaning of retired
Adjective
retired (comparative more retired, superlative most retired)
- Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
- I lead a retired lifestyle.
- Of a place, far from civilization, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
- The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.1910, ‘Saki’, “The Saint and the Goblin”, in Reginald in Russia
- Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age. (of people)
- The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.
- No longer in use or production.
- Following Jackie Robinson's success, his uniform number, 42, became a retired number across all major league teams.
Meaning of returned
Adjective
returned (comparative more returned, superlative most returned)
- Bent back; angled.
- That has come back.
- Yielded as a return on an investment etc.
- Back home having been discharged from military service.
- There are about thirty full-blooded returned men in this state whom I believe are not entitled to the old-age pension.1941, Pearl Gibbs, radio broadcast, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 38
Synonyms of ret'd
Questions about ret'd
- What is ret'd the abbreviation of?
- Ret'd is the abbreviation of retired.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ret'd (page history and authors); retired (page history and authors); returned (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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