retirement

1. n. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. Source: opted

2. n. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. Source: opted

3. n. the state of being retired from one's business or occupation Source: wordnet

4. n. withdrawal from your position or occupation Source: wordnet

5. n. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation Source: wordnet

6. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson. 2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic] This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations. Evelyn. Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus. Addison. Syn. -- Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See Solitude. Source: webster

7. n:100 n. the state of being retired from one's business or occupation n. withdrawal from your position or occupation n. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation Source: ecdict

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