Definitions for retirement

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retirement re·tire·ment

Spelling: [ri-tahyuh r-muh nt]

IPA: /rɪˈtaɪər mənt/

Retirement is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in retirement (eeeimnrrtt).

Definitions for retirement

noun

1. the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
2. the act of retiring or of leaving one's job, career, or occupation permanently, usually because of age:
3. the portion of a person's life during which a person is retired:
4. a pension or other income on which a retired person lives:
5. removal of something from service or use:
6. withdrawal of a jury from a courtroom to deliberate in private on a verdict.
7. orderly withdrawal of a military force, according to plan, without pressure from the enemy.
8. withdrawal of securities from the market by a corporation, as through payment at maturity, repurchase, or exchange.
9. withdrawal into privacy or seclusion.
10. privacy or seclusion.
11. a private or secluded place.

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to retirement:

Origin of retirement

From Middle French, dating back to 1590-1600; See origin at retire, -ment

Examples for retirement

Mine is a life of privacy and retirement compared with that of other men.

When it was all over, Protess had negotiated his retirement and left the school.

About a week later, Wolfinger announced his retirement after 27 years in office.

It seems that, in the remaining few weeks before his retirement, Letterman is getting bold… or perhaps creepy.

It appeared as if the retirement of the two companies was the signal for their attack.

In retirement, Frank is consciously trying to pare down and rein in.

He went on to be a star on the international circuit all the way until his retirement in 2013.

He was not the less alone for having spent so many years in seclusion and retirement.

He ordered the first troop to mount, and the second to cover the retirement.

The first of them ends with his retirement from the representation of Newark.