Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Retiracy · Re·tir·a·cy · IPA 01 n. Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. 1. Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.[U.S.] “What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy.” — C. A. Bristed.