retirement

Noun
Synonyms: retreat

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  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”Synonyms: retreat
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books.— Thomson.[1913 Webster]

2.A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]
Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See Solitude. [1913 Webster]

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