retirement
[ri-tahyuh r-muh nt]
- the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
- the act of retiring or of leaving one's job, career, or occupation permanently, usually because of age: I'm looking forward to my retirement from teaching.
- the portion of a person's life during which a person is retired: What will you do in retirement?
- a pension or other income on which a retired person lives: His retirement is barely enough to pay the rent.
- removal of something from service or use: retirement of the space shuttle fleet.
- withdrawal of a jury from a courtroom to deliberate in private on a verdict.
- orderly withdrawal of a military force, according to plan, without pressure from the enemy.
- withdrawal of securities from the market by a corporation, as through payment at maturity, repurchase, or exchange.
- withdrawal into privacy or seclusion.
- privacy or seclusion.
- a private or secluded place.
Show More
- noting or pertaining to retirement: retirement pay.
Show More
Origin of retirement
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
retirement
- the act of retiring from one's work, office, etc
- (as modifier)retirement age
- the period of being retired from workshe had many plans for her retirement
- seclusion from the world; privacy
- the act of going away or retreating
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for post-retirement
retirement
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper