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retirement
- /ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/ UK
Where it comes from
From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire + -ment.
noun retirements
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An act of retiring; withdrawal.
After dinner there was the peaceful pipe that Tulloch had forecast, and mutual reminiscences until the long clock in the corner, striking the smallest hour of the morning, prompted Tulloch to suggest retirement.
Similar: departure, withdrawment
- The state of being retired; seclusion. The heir to the throne of Bogota […] had to undergo a rigorous training from his infancy: he lived in complete retirement in a temple, where he might not see the sun nor eat salt nor converse with a woman: he was surrounded by guards who observed his conduct and noted all his actions.
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A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.
When her mother frowned, and her friend looked cool, she would steal to this retirement, where human foot seldom trod […].
Similar: retreat
- The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. "I tried retirement ten years ago. Didn't think much of it. Complete waste of time. So I gave it up after two weeks."
- The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: retreat, retiree, retire, withdrawal, termination, withdrawing, resignation, withdraw, recall, waiver, disengagement, deregistration, retiring, withdrawn, drawdown, removal
Translations
Every language
noun act of retiring, or the state of being retired
| Español | jubilación, retirada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 퇴직 toejik, 은퇴 euntoe |
| 日本語 | 退職 taishoku, 停年退職 teinan taishoku |
| 中文 | 退休 tuìxiū |
| हिन्दी | निवृत्ति nivŕtti, सेवानिवृत्ति sevānivŕtti |
| Português | reforma, aposentamento, aposentadoria, retiramento, retirada, isolamento |
| Français | retraite |
| Deutsch | Rente, Ruhestand |
| Italiano | pensionamento |
| Ελληνικά | συνταξιοδότηση syntaxiodótisi, σύνταξη sýntaxi |
| Română | retragere |
| Русский | отста́вка otstávka, ухо́д на пе́нсию uxód na pénsiju |
| Tiếng Việt | nghỉ hưu |
| العربية | تَقَاعُد taqāʕud |
noun place of seclusion or privacy
| 日本語 | 幽居 yūkyo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 隱私 /隐私 yǐnsī |
| Português | retiro |
| Français | retraite |
| Deutsch | Abgeschiedenheit, lauschiges Plätzchen |
| Română | retragere |
| Русский | уедине́ние ujedinénije, уединённость ujedinjónnostʹ |
noun portion of one's life after retiring
| Português | aposentadoria |
|---|---|
| Français | retraite |
| Deutsch | Ruhestand, Lebensabend, Rente, Pension |
| Română | pensie |
| Русский | пе́нсия pénsija |
| Tiếng Việt | tuổi nghỉ hưu |
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@misc{retirement_2026,
title = {retirement},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/retirement},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
