retirement
noun
/rɪˈtaɪəmənt/
1 uncountable, countable the fact of leaving your job and stopping work, usually because you have reached a particular age; the time when you do this At 60, he was now approaching retirement.
Susan is going to take early retirement (= retire before the usual age).
retirement age
This year we have seen the retirements of several senior personnel.
a retirement pension
2 uncountable, singular the period of your life after you have stopped work, usually because you have reached a particular age He provided for a comfortable retirement by selling the business.
We all wish you a long and happy retirement.
in retirement Up to a third of one's life is now being spent in retirement.
3 uncountable retirement (from something) the act of stopping a particular type of work, especially in sport, politics, etc.; the period of your life after a career in sport, politics, etc. He announced his retirement from football.
She came out of retirement to win two gold medals at the championships.
Collocations
adjective
verb + retirement
retirement + noun
preposition
phrases
the age of retirement
take early retirement
a long and happy retirement