Retirement — Defs

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

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.