retirement

== English == === Etymology === From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/ === Noun === retirement (countable and uncountable, plural retirements) An act of retiring; withdrawal. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: departure, withdrawment (uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: privacy, seclusion, solitude (now rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat. [from 17th c.] Synonym: 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. [from 17th c.] The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently. [from 17th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== retire ==== Translations ====