re-retire verb2 •To retire again.He re-retired after being unretired for a while. His unretirement was worth his while, but he plans to stay retired this time. •To bring (something or someone) back from retirement.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. formsre-retired · re-retiring · re-retires