retirement

Plural

retirements

1. 1.An act of retiring; withdrawal.

   • After dinner there was the peaceful pipe that Tulloch had forecast, and mutual reminiscences until the long clock in the corner, striking the smallest hour of the morning, prompted Tulloch to suggest retirement.

2. 2.The state of being retired; seclusion.

3. 3.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.

   • "I tried retirement ten years ago. Didn't think much of it. Complete waste of time. So I gave it up after two weeks."
   • A.I. is described as the new electricity. It’s even bigger than fire. Don’t bother saving money for retirement because everyone will be rich rich rich.

4. 4.The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.

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