retirement

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From retire + suffix -ment.

[edit] Noun

Singular
retirement

Plural
retirements

retirement (plural retirements)

  1. An act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
  2. (obsolete): A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

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The act of retiring, or the state of being retired
A place of seclusion or privacy
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