retirement
An act of retiring; withdrawal.
Noun 4 meanings
An act of retiring; withdrawal.
The state of being retired; seclusion.
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.
Etymology
From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire + -ment.
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RETIREMENT at a glance
RETIREMENT has 10 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + T 1 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1 + M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,797 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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