1. (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

2. (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

Jim Crow abandonment abdication abstention abstinence acquitment acquittal acquittance aloofness amortization amortizement anonymity apartheid apartness backwardness bashfulness binder blankness cash cash payment cashiering chilliness clearance closed meeting coldness confidentiality confidentialness conge constraint convenience coolness debt service decampment deconsecration defrayal defrayment defrocking demission departure deposal deposit deposition deprivation desuetude detachment dethronement disbarment disbarring disbursal discharge discreetness discretion discrownment disemployment disengagement disenthronement dismissal displacement displacing distance disuse doling out down payment drumming out earnest earnest money ease egress emeritus status escape evacuation excommunication executive session exit exodus expressionlessness expulsion fallback firing flight forced resignation forced separation free time freedom frigidity frostiness furloughing getaway going goof-off time guardedness hegira hire purchase hire purchase plan iciness idle hours impassiveness impassivity impeachment impersonality inaccessibility incognito installment installment plan interest payment introversion isolation isolationism kicking upstairs layoff leaving leisure liquidation modesty monthly payments never-never nonemployment nonprevalence nonuse obsolescence obsoleteness obsoletion obsoletism odd moments ousting overthrow overthrowal parting passing paying paying off paying out paying up payment payment in kind payoff pensioning off pink slip prepayment privacy private conference privatism privatization pullback pullout purge quarantine quarterly payments quittance recedence receding recess recession reclusion reculade regular payments relinquishment remittance remoteness removal repose repression reserve reservedness resignation rest restraint reticence reticency retiral retractation retractility retraction retreat retrocedence rustication satisfaction seclusion secrecy segregation semiretirement separation sequestration settlement sinking-fund payment spare time splendid isolation spot cash standoffishness subduedness superannuation suppression surplusing suspension the ax the boot the bounce the gate the sack ticket time time to kill time to spare unaffability unapproachability unchurching uncongeniality undemonstrativeness unexpansiveness unfrocking unprevalence unseating voluntary resignation walking papers walkout weekly payments withdrawal withdrawment withdrawnness