Re-retire

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To retire again. intransitive

    "He re-retired after being unretired for a while. His unretirement was worth his while, but he plans to stay retired this time."

  2. 2
    To bring (something or someone) back from retirement. transitive

    "We re-retired this machine because our newest equipment truly obviates it, and there's no realistic prospect that it will ever save us any money in the future."

Synonyms

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reinstate

Example

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"He re-retired after being unretired for a while. His unretirement was worth his while, but he plans to stay retired this time."

Etymology

From re- + retire.

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