American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Retirement

RETI’REMENT, n.

1. The act of withdrawing from company or from public notice or station.

2. The state of being withdrawn; as the retirement of the mind from the senses.

3. Private abode; habitation secluded from much society or from public life.

Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus.

Retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.

4. Private way of life.

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, progressive virtue and approving heaven.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Retirement," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 23, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CNHX68JEC28EPN1.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Retirement." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 23 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CNHX68JEC28EPN1.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Retirement' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 23 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CNHX68JEC28EPN1.