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retirement
What does retirement mean?
retirement (noun): the state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use retirement in a sentence?
How do you pronounce retirement?
/ɹiˈtaɪɚmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does retirement come from?
From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire + -ment.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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