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/ritˈaɪərmənt/ /rɪtˈaɪərmənt/ Listen

noun

Retirement n.

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." "Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books."

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." "Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus."

Synonyms: Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See Solitude.

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"Retirement" Quotes from Famous Books

... the library, and by midnight it showed no signs of abating. At this hour the original four occupied the table for the second time, and endurance has its limits. The atmosphere of Liberty Hall that prevailed made Honora's retirement easier. ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... retired, deeply impressed with the magistrate's learning and research; Mr. Nupkins retired to lunch; Mr. Jinks retired within himself—that being the only retirement he had, except the sofa-bedstead in the small parlour which was occupied by his landlady's family in the daytime—and Mr. Grummer retired, to wipe out, by his mode of discharging his present commission, the insult which had been fastened ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... life was very regular,—the regularity of thirty years of comparative retirement, following close upon fifteen years of active public life, begun at twenty in the army of Washington, and ending in a Prussian and Austrian ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 50, December, 1861 • Various

... have been hitherto accustomed to distractions. It is necessary for beginners to accustom themselves to disregard what they hear or see, and to put it away from them during the time of prayer; they must be alone, and in retirement think over their past life. Though all must do this many times, beginners as well as those more advanced; all, however, must not do so equally, as I shall show hereafter. [3] Beginners at first suffer much, because ...

— The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus • Teresa of Avila

... this minster; that it be not subject except to Rome alone; and hither I will that we seek St. Peter, all that to Rome cannot go." During these words the abbot desired that he would gant him his request. And the king granted it. "I have here (said he) some good monks that would lead their life in retirement, if they wist where. Now here is an island, that is called Ankerig; and I will request, that we may there build a minster to the honour of St. Mary; that they may dwell there who will lead their ...

— The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle • Unknown

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