Retirement

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of retiring.
  • n. The state of being retired.
  • n. Withdrawal from one's occupation, business, or office.
  • n. Withdrawal into privacy or seclusion.
  • n. A place of privacy or seclusion; a retreat. See Synonyms at solitude.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of retiring; withdrawal.
  • n. The state of being retired; seclusion.
  • n. The portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
  • n. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion.
  • n. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of retiring or withdrawing from action, service, use, sight, public notice, or company; withdrawal: as, the retirement of an army from battle; the retirement of bonds; the retirement of invalid soldiers from service; retirement into the country.
  • n. The state of being retired from society or public life; seclusion; a private manner of life.
  • n. The state of being abstracted or withdrawn.
  • n. A retired or sequestered place; a place to which one withdraws for privacy or freedom from public or social cares.
  • n. Recovery; retrieval.
  • n. Synonyms Seclusion, Loneliness, etc. See solitude.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
  • n. withdrawal from your position or occupation
  • n. the state of being retired from one's business or occupation
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    withdrawal    position    status   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    retreat    privacy    departure    solitude    seclusion   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    seclusion    retreat    pension    resignation    repose