Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retire. 2. (a.) Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners. 3. (a.) of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.

Multi-Version Concordance Retiring (1 Occurrence) Genesis 8:3 And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated. (DBY)