Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   retirement

   /rɪˈtʌɪəm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. the action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work: "a man nearing retirement" Similar giving up workstopping workingstopping workretiral
   • ▪ the period of one's life after retiring from work: "he spent much of his retirement travelling in Europe" Similar life after one retiresretired yearspost-work years
   • ▪ the action or fact of ceasing to play a sport competitively: "he announced his retirement from international football"
   • 2. the withdrawal of a jury from the courtroom to decide their verdict.
   • ▪ the period of time during which a jury decides their verdict: "a three-hour retirement"
   • 3. seclusion: "he lived in retirement in Kent" Similar seclusionretreatsolitudelonelinessisolationprivacyobscurity
   • ▪ a secluded or private place: archaic "Exmouth, where he has a sweet country retirement"

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points