Unretirement

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A return to work from retirement. uncountable, usually

    "The Green Bay Packers would be celebrating Brett Favre’s unretirement."

Example

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"The Green Bay Packers would be celebrating Brett Favre’s unretirement."

Etymology

By surface analysis, un- + retirement, or, by surface analysis, un- + retire + -ment.

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