About The Word Retirement
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Retirement
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What's The Definition Of Retirement?
[n] withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "a religious retreat"
[n] withdrawal from your position or occupation [n] the state of being retired from one's business or occupation Synonyms | Synonyms for Retirement: retreat Related Terms | Find terms related to Retirement: See Also | conclusion | ending | hibernation | position | rustication | status | termination | withdrawal Retirement In Webster's Dictionary \Re*tire"ment\, n. [Cf. F. retirement.]
1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired;
withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.
O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline.
--Goldsmith.
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books.
--Thomson.
2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one
withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic]
This coast full of princely retirements for the
sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the
plantations. --Evelyn.
Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus.
--Addison.
Syn: Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion;
privacy. See {Solitude}.
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