Definitions
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
Word origin
From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire + -ment.
Used in a sentence
“After dinner there was the peaceful pipe that Tulloch had forecast, and mutual reminiscences until the long clock in the corner, striking the smallest hour of the morning, prompted Tulloch to suggest retirement.”
“When her mother frowned, and her friend looked cool, she would steal to this retirement, where human foot seldom trod […].”
“"I tried retirement ten years ago. Didn't think much of it. Complete waste of time. So I gave it up after two weeks."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Leaving work permanently”10 letters
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