Retirement

Quick meaning: Retirement is a noun meaning An act of retiring; withdrawal.

Meaning

An act of retiring; withdrawal.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion.
2. (now rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.
3. The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.
4. The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.

Example Sentences

"I tried retirement ten years ago. Didn't think much of it. Complete waste of time. So I gave it up after two weeks."

When her mother frowned, and her friend looked cool, she would steal to this retirement, where human foot seldom trod […].

A.I. is described as the new electricity. It’s even bigger than fire. Don’t bother saving money for retirement because everyone will be rich rich rich.

After dinner there was the peaceful pipe that Tulloch had forecast, and mutual reminiscences until the long clock in the corner, striking the smallest hour of the morning, prompted Tulloch to suggest retirement.

Word Forms

• retirements

Synonyms for retirement

Depending on context, synonyms include departure, withdrawment, privacy, seclusion, solitude, retreat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include retreat, retiree, retire, withdrawal, termination, withdrawing.

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