retirement

re·tire·ment (ri tīr′mənt)

noun

a retiring or being retired; specif., withdrawal from work, business, etc. because of age
1. privacy; seclusion
2. a place of privacy or seclusion

The act of retiring
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.
Antonyms arrival*, entrance*, taking up.
The state of being retired
seclusion, sequestration, aloofness, apartness, separateness, privacy, concealment, solitude, solitariness, isolation, remoteness, loneliness, quiet, retreat, tranquillity, refuge, serenity, inactivity, superannuation.
Antonyms exposure*, activity*, association.

The voluntary termination of employment upon reaching a certain age. See retire.

Converse of object

contemplate: He is also keen to help recently retired men and women, and those contemplating retirement, to renew their sense of vocation.
postpone: The other is the loss in pension wealth by those who postpone retirement and thus receive less for any given life expectancy.
near: This allows automatic changes to the fund portfolio, reflecting a less volatile mix of investments as the client nears retirement.
enforce: If you try to enforce retirement at 60 purely on age grounds, then you could face a tribunal awarding substantial damages against you.

Adjective modifier

impending: A 1991 model, this Silver example is now reluctantly offered for sale due to the vendor's impending retirement to Portugal.
early: The number of GPs seeking early retirement is down, not up.
compulsory: From October 2006, compulsory retirement below age 65 is unlawful you would need to justify any enforced retirements below that age.
ill: This does not include membership based on transfer values from other schemes but does include extra membership given on ill health retirement.
comfortable: It reveals how young people on low incomes face significant barriers to saving that put any prospect of a comfortable retirement at severe risk.
flexible: Flexible retirement Flexible retirement can be a useful way of preparing employees to handle the change between full-time work and full retirement.

Modifies a noun

age: Imagine, they'll raise the retirement age to nine hundred.
annuity: Savings interest and retirement annuity income are normally taxed before you receive them.
pension: In real terms, the basic State retirement pension has been frozen for 24 years.
income: Retirement income security act despite the finding cause is the.
benefit: Retirement benefits must come into payment no later than your 75th birthday.
saving: However, fewer than half are making additional retirement savings.

Noun used with modifier

ill-health: The SFO is currently within the target set for small departments for ill-health retirements.
default: However, the regulations do not specify any default retirement age for partners.

Preposition: from

athletics: She afterward announced her retirement from athletics, as European, Olympic and World Champion.

Preposition: by

rotation: Furthermore, Dewhurst family board members are exempt from retirement by rotation.

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