Definition of Retiriment
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.
O, blest Retirement, friend of life's
decline. Goldsmith.
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship,
books. Thomson.
2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to
which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic]
This coast full of princely retirements for the
sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the
plantations. Evelyn.
Caprea had been the retirement of
Augustus. Addison.
Syn. -- Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat;
seclusion; privacy. See Solitude.
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.
O, blest Retirement, friend of life's
decline. Goldsmith.
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship,
books. Thomson.
2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to
which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic]
This coast full of princely retirements for the
sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the
plantations. Evelyn.
Caprea had been the retirement of
Augustus. Addison.
Syn. -- Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat;
seclusion; privacy. See Solitude.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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