retirement

English

Etymology

From French, from retirer (“withdraw”, often used reflexively “retire”), from re- + tirer (“draw, tear away”) + English suffix -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəˈtaɪ.ə(ɹ).mənt/

Noun

retirement (countable and uncountable, plural retirements)

1. An act of retiring; withdrawal.
   • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [1]

     The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.

2. (uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion.
3. The portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
4. (obsolete) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

Synonyms

• (act of retiring): departure, withdrawment
• (state of being retired): privacy, seclusion, solitude
• (place of seclusion or privacy): retreat

Derived terms

• early retirement
• nonretirement
• postretirement
• preretirement
• retirement community
• retirement home
• retirement village
• semiretirement
• unretirement

 

Related terms

• retire

Translations

act of retiring, or the state of being retired

• Bulgarian: пенсиониране (pensionirane)
• Catalan: jubilació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 退休 (zh) (tuìxiū)

• Czech: výslužba (cs)
• Dutch: pensionering (nl) f
• Finnish: eläköityminen (fi), eläkkeelle siirtyminen (act); eläkepäivät pl, eläkeläisyys (state)
• French: retraite (fr) f
• Galician: xubilación (gl) f
• Georgian: სამსახურიდან გადადგომა (samsaxuridan gadadgoma), თანამდებობიდან გადადგომა (tanamdebobidan gadadgoma), პენსიაზე გასვლა (ṗensiaze gasvla)
• German: Rente (de) f, Ruhestand (de) m
• Greek: συνταξιοδότηση (el) f (syntaxiodótisi)

• Italian: pensionamento (it)
• Japanese: 退職 (たいしょく, taishoku), 停年退職 (ていねんたいしょく, teinan taishoku)
• Maori: tāokinga
• Portuguese: retiramento m, retirada (pt) f, isolamento m, aposentamento m
• Romanian: retragere (ro) f
• Russian: отста́вка (ru) f (otstávka) (esp. politicians or the military), ухо́д на пе́нсию m (uxód na pénsiju)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пензионисање, пензија

  Roman: penzionisanje, penzija (sh)

• Spanish: jubilación (es) f, retirada (es) f
• Swedish: pensionering

portion of one's life after retiring

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: pensioen (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: retraite (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Ruhestand (de) m, Lebensabend (de) m, Rente (de) f, Pension (de) f

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: tāokinga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: aposentadoria (pt) f
• Romanian: pensie (ro) f
• Russian: пе́нсия (ru) f (pénsija)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

place of seclusion or privacy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隱私 (zh), 隐私 (zh) (yǐnsī)

• Finnish: piilopaikka (fi), piilopirtti
• French: retraite (fr) f
• Georgian: განმარტოებულობა (ganmarṭoebuloba), კარჩაკეტილობა (ḳarčaḳeṭiloba), იზოლირებულობა (izolirebuloba)
• German: Abgeschiedenheit f

• Hungarian: visszavonultság
• Japanese: 幽居 (ゆうきょ, yūkyo)
• Portuguese: retiro (pt) m
• Romanian: retragere (ro) f
• Russian: уедине́ние (ru) n (ujedinénije) (seclusion, privacy), уединённость (ru) f (ujedinjónnostʹ)