retirement
Americannoun
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the act of retiring or of leaving one's job, career, or occupation permanently, usually because of age.
I'm looking forward to my retirement from teaching.
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the portion of a person's life during which a person is retired.
What will you do in retirement?
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a pension or other income on which a retired person lives.
His retirement is barely enough to pay the rent.
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the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
After a competitive day on the golf course, she enjoys a quiet retirement to the residents' lounge.
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removal of something from service or use.
retirement of the space shuttle fleet.
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withdrawal of a jury from a courtroom to deliberate in private on a verdict.
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orderly withdrawal of a military force, according to plan, without pressure from the enemy.
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withdrawal of securities from the market by a corporation, as through payment at maturity, repurchase, or exchange.
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withdrawal into privacy or seclusion.
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privacy or seclusion.
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a private or secluded place.
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Baseball, Cricket. the act or instance of the defense putting out or ending the offensive play of a batter, runner, side, etc.
The retirement of the Brewers in the third inning came only after they scored six more runs.
adjective
noun
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the act of retiring from one's work, office, etc
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( as modifier )
retirement age
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the period of being retired from work
she had many plans for her retirement
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seclusion from the world; privacy
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the act of going away or retreating
Other Word Forms
- nonretirement noun
- postretirement adjective
- preretirement adjective
- semiretirement noun
Etymology
Origin of retirement
First recorded in 1530–40; retire + -ment ( def. )
Example Sentences
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His efforts, combined with the boom in construction of power-hungry artificial-intelligence data centers, could keep coal plants that were once slated for retirement operating years longer than expected.
Allowing Summers to commence a dignified retirement while continuing to hold honorifics risks signaling that there are ultimately few consequences at the very top in higher education.
From Salon
Mr. Sherman long worked as a teacher of practical ceramics, but in retirement has committed himself to creating his own fine art and has only just begun to be exhibited.
The Senate “isn’t a retirement community,” the younger man likes to say.
Like retirement systems across the country, Alabama’s state-employee and teacher funds face significant unfunded liabilities.
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