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Definition of Retirement

1. Noun. The state of being retired from one's business or occupation.

2. Noun. Withdrawal from your position or occupation.

3. Noun. Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation. "The religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"

Definition of Retirement

1. n. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

Definition of Retirement

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) : A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retirement

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Medical Definition of Retirement

1. 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. "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) Synonym: Solitude, withdrawment, departure, retreat, seclusion, privacy. See Solitude. Origin: Cf. F. Retirement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retirement

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retiredly retiredness retirednesses retiree retirees retirement (current term) retirement account retirement benefit retirement check retirement fund

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Literary usage of Retirement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Teachers' Pension Systems in the United States: A Critical and Descriptive Study by Paul Studenski (1920)
"The retirement system shall be established on the first day of July, ... An employes' retirement association is hereby organized, the membership of which ..."

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