retirement

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) An act of retiring; withdrawal.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion.
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.
  4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.

Synonyms

retreat
B2
withdrawal
C2
seclusion
27k
resignation
C1
privacy
B2
pension
C1
solitude
C2
loneliness
C1
secession
redemption
C1
recession
C2
superannuation
hermitage
34k
pullback
quit
A2
quitting
C1
receding
24k
redeem
C2
relinquishment
resign
C1
retire
C1
secrecy
C1
solitariness
termination
C2

ceding back

retire from office

stepping down

living in seclusion

being relieved of a burden

depression
C1

old age benefits

sequestered life

soiltude

withdrawal share

abandonment
21k

withdraw shares

abdication

annuity
47k
call
A1
closeness
27k
disengagement
dismissal
C2

falling back

firing
B2
isolation
C1
leaving
A1
pensions
24k

privity

Translations

retraite
jubilación
pensionamento
Ruhestand
pensioen
aposentadoria
pension
Pensionierung
Rücktritt
jubilació
retiro
Rückzug

aposentação

pensionering

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/
Etymology

From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire + -ment.

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