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"Retirement" in French : Retraite

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Pronunciation : Re*tire"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. retirement.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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