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Definition of Retirement
Retirement

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

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Retirement Quotations

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
George Burns

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
Dwight L. Moody

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.
Ambrose Bierce

I've enjoyed my retirement.
Darrell Royal

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.
Simone de Beauvoir

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
Abigail Adams

I need to retire from retirement.
Sandra Day O'Connor

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything.
Drew Carey

Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.
Ben Stiller

I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.
David Brainerd

Retirement Translations

retirement in Afrikaans is pensioen
retirement in Dutch is pensioen
retirement in French is retraite, pension
retirement in Italian is pensionamento
retirement in Portuguese is aposentadoria
retirement in Swedish is tillbakadragande


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