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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETI'REMENT, n.
1. The act of withdrawing from company or from public notice or station.
2. The state of being withdrawn; as the retirement of the mind from the senses.
3. Private abode; habitation secluded from much society or from public life.
Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus.
Retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
4. Private way of life.
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, progressive virtue and approving heaven.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being retired from one's business or occupation
2: withdrawal from your position or occupation
3: withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity" [syn: retirement, retreat]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1596 1. a. an act of retiring ; the state of being retired b. withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from active working life c. the age at which one normally retires <reaches retirement in May> 2. a place of seclusion or privacy II. adjective Date: 1919 of, relating to, or designed for retired persons

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) An operation in which a force out of contact moves away from the enemy.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the act or an instance of retiring. b the condition of having retired. 2 a seclusion or privacy. b a secluded place. Phrases and idioms: retirement pension Brit. a pension paid by the State to retired people above a certain age.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Retirement 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(retirements) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Retirement is the time when a worker retires. ...the proportion of the population who are over retirement age... N-VAR: oft N n 2. A person's retirement is the period in their life after they have retired. ...financial support for the elderly during retirement.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Withdrawal, departure. 2. Privacy, seclusion, retreat. 3. Solitude, loneliness.

Moby Thesaurus

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