°An act of
retiring, or the state of being
retired;
withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's
career.
°(obsolete) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
synonyms:
solitude, withdrawment, departure, retreat
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, seclusion, privacy