Of course, many senior citizens are happy with retirement.
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Retirement
Synonyms for "retirement" (233 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
deprivationdesuetudedetachmentdethronementdisbarmentdisbarringdisbursaldischargediscreetnessdiscretiondiscrownmentdisemploymentdisengagementdisenthronementdismissaldisplacementdisplacingdistancedisusedoling out
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down paymentdrumming outearnestearnest moneyeaseegressemeritus statusescapeevacuationexcommunicationexecutive sessionexitexodusexpressionlessnessexpulsionfallbackfiringflightforced resignationforced separationfree timefreedomfrigidityfrostinessfurloughinggategetawaygoinggoof-off timeguardednesshegirahire purchasehire purchase planicinessidle hoursimpassivenessimpassivityimpeachmentimpersonalityinaccessibilityincognitoinstallmentinstallment planinterest paymentintroversionisolationisolationismjim crowkicking upstairslayoff
Related words (116)
leavingleisureliquidationmodestymonthly paymentsnever-nevernonemploymentnonprevalencenonuseobsolescenceobsoletenessobsoletionobsoletismodd momentsoustingoverthrowoverthrowalpartingpassingpaying
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paying offpaying outpaying uppaymentpayment in kindpayoffpensioning offpink slipprepaymentprivate conferenceprivatismprivatizationpullbackpulloutpurgequarantinequarterly paymentsquittancerecedencerecedingrecessrecessionreclusionreculaderedundancyregular paymentsrelinquishmentremittanceremotenessremovalreposerepressionreservereservednessresignationrestrestraintreticencereticencyretiralretractationretractilityretractionretrocedencerusticationsacksatisfactionsecessionseclusionsecrecysegregationsemiretirementseparationsequestrationsettlementsheltersinking-fund paymentspare timesplendid isolationspot cashstandoffishnesssubduednesssuperannuationsuppressionsurplusingsuspensionthe axthe bootthe bouncethe gatethe sacktickettimetime to killtime to spareunaffabilityunapproachabilityunchurchinguncongenialityundemonstrativenessunexpansivenessunfrockingunprevalenceunseatingvoluntary resignationwalking paperswalkoutweekly paymentswithdrawalwithdrawmentwithdrawnness
Noun(5 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
derived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَقَاعُد noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təqaüd noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пенсиони́ране noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- уедине́ние noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
Catalan
1 entries- jubilació noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 退休 noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- 隱私 /隐私 noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
Czech
1 entries- výslužba noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Dutch
2 entries- pensioen noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- pensionering noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Finnish
4 entries- eläkeläisyys noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- eläkepäivät noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- eläkkeelle siirtyminen noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- eläköityminen noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
French
3 entries- retraite noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- retraite noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- retraite noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
Galician
1 entries- xubilación noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Georgian
4 entries- განმარტოებულობა noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
- თანამდებობიდან გადადგომა noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- იზოლირებულობა noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
- კარჩაკეტილობა noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
German
4 entries- Abgeschiedenheit noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
- Lebensabend noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- Pension noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- Rente noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Greek
1 entries- συνταξιοδότηση noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Hindi
2 entries- निवृत्ति noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- सेवानिवृत्ति noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Hungarian
1 entries- visszavonultság noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
Indonesian
1 entries- pensiun noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- بازْنِشَسْتِگی noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Irish
1 entries- scor noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Italian
1 entries- pensionamento noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Japanese
3 entries- 停年退職 noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- 幽居 noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
- 退職 noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Khmer
1 entries- ពេលចូលនិវត្តន៍ noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
Korean
2 entries- 은퇴 noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- 퇴직 noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Latin
1 entries- sēcessus noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Macedonian
1 entries- пензија noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Malay
1 entries- persaraan noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
Māori
2 entries- tāokinga noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- tāokinga noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
Pashto
1 entries- تقاعد noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Polish
4 entries- emerytura noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- emerytura noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- miejsce odosobnienia noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
- przejście na emeryturę noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Portuguese
4 entries- aposentadoria noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- aposentadoria noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- aposentamento noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- isolamento noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Romanian
3 entries- pensie noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- retragere noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- retragere noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
Russian
4 entries- отста́вка noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- пе́нсия noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
- уедине́ние noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
- уединённость noun (place of seclusion or privacy)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- penzija noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- penzionisanje noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- пензионисање noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- пензија noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Spanish
2 entries- jubilación noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- retirada noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Swedish
1 entries- pensionering noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Turkish
1 entries- emeklilik noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nghỉ hưu noun (act of retiring, or the state of being retired)
- tuổi nghỉ hưu noun (portion of one's life after retiring)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Nevertheless, many are choosing early retirement.
Source: tatoeba (42993)
The general lived the rest of his life peacefully after his retirement.
Source: tatoeba (46559)
The mistake hastened his retirement.
Source: tatoeba (46931)
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