Retirement Definition–noun | 1. | the act of retiring or the state of being retired. | | 2. | removal or withdrawal from service, office, or business. | | 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: His retirement is barely enough to pay the rent. | | 5. | withdrawal into privacy or seclusion. | | 7. | a private or secluded place. | | 8. | Military. orderly withdrawal of a military force, according to plan, without pressure from the enemy. | | 9. | withdrawal of securities from the market by a corporation, as through payment at maturity, repurchase, or exchange. | –adjective | 10. | noting or pertai
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ning to retirement: retirement pay. | |
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