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retirement
/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/
noun
time when someone has stopped working because of their age
- “She put some money away every month for her retirement.”Tatoeba
- “Due to ill health, he was forced to take early retirement.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)