retirement: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 12 letter points · starts with R · ends with T
Meaning of retirement
noun
- countable, uncountable
An act of retiring; withdrawal.
- uncountable
The state of being retired; seclusion.
- countable, uncountable
The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
- countable, uncountable
The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.
Listed forms: retirements.
Source: Wiktionary — retirement.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for retirement.
noun
withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is retirement in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of retirement
R(1) + E(1) + T(1) + I(1) + R(1) + E(1) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of retirement
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from retirement
128 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in retirement. Showing up to 24, longest first.