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US
/ɹiˈtaɪɝmənt, ɹɪˈtaɪɝmənt/
]
[ UK /ɹɪtˈaɪəmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪtˈaɪəmənt/ ]
NOUN
- the state of being retired from one's business or occupation
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withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity - withdrawal from your position or occupation
How To Use retirement In A Sentence
- Retirement would mean that he could not face disciplinary proceedings. Times, Sunday Times
- He claimed that the Chief of the USAR at the time, told him that he didn't need to re-enlist (he had only accrued two good years for retirement in the 4 years he was back on the books) and to keep singing for the troops. Heroes or Villains?
- Retirement is likely to move from an abrupt halt at a fixed age to a more gradual withdrawal, with the abolition of compulsory retirement ages. Times, Sunday Times
- In his retirement, he lived a life of ease.
- In contrast to fifteen years ago, mortgages are commonly available to people over retirement age.
- The ballooning cost to taxpayers of retirement benefits for public sector employees has forced the Conservatives to promise action. Times, Sunday Times
- His wife, Belinda, recently retired as a magistrate on the Kennet bench after 22 years and now the couple can enjoy their retirement.
- The prospect of having to pay a graduate tax until retirement would kill the students' enthusiasm stone dead.
- Bynes, who recently announced her retirement from acting on Twitter only to 'unretire' a week later, simply axed her @chicky account last week without going public about her decision. Starpulse Entertainment News
- It won't be until that age that they've earned enough money to enable them to live a simple life in retirement.