RETIREMENTS Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

retirements

noun

plural of retirement

as in withdrawals

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 & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of retirements The combination of the shutdown, colleagues’ retirements, and policy changes had left her depleted and often physically sick. —

E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 The bank has said retirements, people having fewer babies and the administration's mass deportation efforts are the likely causes. —

James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026 University leaders expect as many as 150 job cuts through retirements, layoffs and eliminating vacancies. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026 Last week, there were reports in at least three other counties — Brevard, Leon and Palm Beach — that 2026 court elections were being canceled as resignations and retirements of circuit court judges, right before the qualifying period, created vacancies that mandate gubernatorial appointments. —

Norine Dworkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026 This is Fortune 500 Power Moves, a column tracking executive shifts—from appointments and promotions to resignations and retirements—within the highest ranks of Fortune 500 companies. —

Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 Grumbles of justices’ potential retirements are more commonplace than leaks of opinions and internal court memos. —

Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2026 With six weeks until the June 2 city primary election, Bass is seeking to hire 510 officers at the Los Angeles Police Department, enough to cover the retirements and resignations that are expected in that agency, according to her budget team. —

David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Most of those cuts were made via retirements and other turnover, but at least 50 people will be laid off at the end of the school year. —

Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for retirements

Noun

Investigators also learned that, at the time Prindle was discovered dead, a card in her name was still being used to make payments on an active utilities account, and English-Wheat used the same card to make at least four withdrawals in October 2025, police said.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
At the same time, required minimum distributions (RMDs), which determine when withdrawals must begin from certain retirement accounts, can become more relevant as individuals approach later stages of retirement.

— Jason Phillips, USA Today, 8 May 2026