retirement

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of RETIREMENT

an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable <military historians have blamed the defeat on that battalion's retirement from the front lines>

Synonyms pullback, pullout, recession, retirement, withdrawal

Related Words rout; flinch, recoil, revulsion, shrinking; disengagement, disentanglement

Antonyms advance, advancement

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