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of being retired from society or public life; seclusion; a private manner of life.n. The state of being abstracted or withdrawn.n. A retired or sequestered place; a place to which one withdraws for privacy or freedom from public or social cares.n. Recovery; retrieval.n. Synonyms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.