retirement

[ri-tahyuh r-muh nt] /rɪˈtaɪər mənt/
noun
1.
the act of retiring or the state of being retired.
2.
removal or withdrawal from service, office, or business: retirement of the space shuttle fleet;
I am looking forward to my retirement from teaching.
3.
the portion of a person's life during which a person is retired:
What will you do in retirement?
4.
a pension or other income on which a retired person lives:
His retirement is barely enough to pay the rent.
5.
withdrawal into privacy or seclusion.
6.
privacy or seclusion.
7.
a private or secluded place.
8.
Military. orderly withdrawal of a military force, according to plan, without pressure from the enemy.
9.
withdrawal of securities from the market by a corporation, as through payment at maturity, repurchase, or exchange.
adjective
10.
noting or pertaining to retirement:
retirement pay.
Origin
1590-1600; < Middle French; see retire, -ment
Related forms
nonretirement, noun
postretirement, adjective
preretirement, adjective, noun
semiretirement, noun
Examples from the web for retirement
  • The loss of his journals had caused him even more sorrow than his retirement from the military six years earlier.
  • Solving mysteries with the stars was all the rage in his retirement community.
  • He closed up and walked out the door, across the street, and into retirement.
  • It might have served also as his retirement home, though he never retired.
  • But, he repeatedly failed retirement, always keeping a hand in new work going on in his field.
  • Practically none of our retirees have reached retirement age.
  • Its breath is always poisonous to those who are called to a life of retirement.
  • Peace brought him moderate rewards and a retirement which he could not endure.
  • When not employed in public functions or necessary duties, he was always to be found in the church, or in retirement.
  • He spent that time in religious retirement, in great austerity and continual contemplation.
British Dictionary definitions for retirement

retirement

/rɪˈtaɪəmənt/
noun
1.
  1. the act of retiring from one's work, office, etc
  2. (as modifier): retirement age
2.
the period of being retired from work: she had many plans for her retirement
3.
seclusion from the world; privacy
4.
the act of going away or retreating
Word Origin and History for retirement
n.

1590s, "act of retreating," also "act of withdrawing into seclusion," from Middle French retirement (1570s); see retire + -ment. Meaning "privacy" is from c.1600; that of "withdrawal from occupation or business" is from 1640s.