retirement

retirement
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(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The act of retiring]
Syn. relinquishment, resignation, abandonment, vacating, evacuation, separation, removal, handing over, laying down, egressing, exiting, retreating, withdrawal, going away, leaving, secession, departure, recession, retreat, regression, abdication, severance.
Ant. arrival*, entrance, taking up.
2. [The state of being retired]
Syn. seclusion, sequestration, aloofness, apartness, separateness, privacy, concealment, solitude, solitariness, isolation, remoteness, loneliness, quiet, retreat, tranquillity, refuge, serenity, inactivity, superannuation.
Ant. exposure*, activity, association.
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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of secluding or the state of being secluded: reclusion, seclusion, sequestration. See INCLUDE. 2. The moving back of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: fallback, pullback, pullout, retreat, withdrawal. See FORWARD.

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