Re*tire"ment (?), n.
[Cf. F. retirement.] 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.
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