English Online Dictionary. What means retirement? What does retirement mean?
English
Etymology
From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire + -ment.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/
Noun
retirement (countable and uncountable, plural retirements)
- An act of retiring; withdrawal. [from 16th c.]
- (uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion. [from 17th c.]
- (now rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat. [from 17th c.]
- 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. [from 17th c.]
- The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
- (act of retiring): departure, withdrawment
- (state of being retired): privacy, seclusion, solitude
- (place of seclusion or privacy): retreat
Derived terms
Related terms
- retire