unretiring

Verb

unretire (third-person singular simple present unretires, present participle unretiring, simple past and past participle unretired)

1. (intransitive) To leave retirement and return to work.
   • He unretired for 18 months because the company was willing to pay him well to mentor some new employees.

   Antonyms:

   re-retire

2. (transitive) To bring (something or someone) back from retirement.
   • We unretired this machine because one of our customers started reordering large volumes of a part that this machine can make super-efficiently.

   Synonyms:

   reinstate

   Antonyms:

   re-retire