# retirement

Pronunciation: US say "ruh-TYR-ment" /ɹəˈtaɪɹmənt/; UK say "ri-TY-uh-muhnt" /ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/

## Noun

1. The stage of life after permanently leaving one's job or career, especially after reaching pension age.
   - Simple: The part of life after you stop working for good, usually once you are older.
   - _After forty years at the factory, he finally settled into a comfortable retirement._
   - _Their savings should support a long and secure retirement._
2. The act of permanently leaving one's career or paid employment.
   - Simple: The act of leaving your job or career for good.
   - _The coach announced his retirement at the end of the season._
   - _Her sudden retirement left the department without a leader._
3. An act of withdrawing or moving back from a place, position, or activity.
   - Simple: The act of moving away or pulling back from a place or activity.
   - _The troops' retirement across the river was carried out under cover of darkness._
   - _Her early retirement from the negotiations puzzled the other delegates._
4. The state of living in seclusion, away from company and public life.
   - Simple: The state of living quietly, away from other people.
   - _The poet lived in deep retirement, rarely receiving visitors._
   - _Years of public service gave way to a contented retirement far from the city._

## Noun

5. A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat to which one withdraws from company. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A quiet, private place where someone can go to be alone.
   - _He withdrew each summer to a leafy retirement beyond the town walls._
   - _The garden's far corner served as her favorite retirement from household noise._

## Origin

From French retirement, from retirer ("withdraw, retire"); corresponding to retire plus the suffix -ment.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/retirement (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).