n.1. a. Withdrawal from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age.
b. The age at which one withdraws from work or activity: On reaching retirement, he took up woodworking.
2. The act of retiring or the state of being retired: the retirement of debt.
3. Privacy or seclusion: in the retirement of your own home.
4. Archaic A place of privacy or seclusion; a retreat.