retirement

Meaning

Noun

• An act of retiring; withdrawal.
• The state of being retired; seclusion.
• A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.
• 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.
• The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.

Related

Similar words

• departure, withdrawment
• privacy, seclusion, solitude
• retreat

Origin

• From French retirement, from retirer; corresponding to retire + -ment.