Retirement

Retirement
Retirement Re*tire"ment, n. [Cf. F. retirement.] 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. [1913 Webster]

O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See {Solitude}. [1913 Webster]


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