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retiral
/ rɪˈtaɪərəl /
noun
- the act of retiring from office, one's work, etc; retirement
Example Sentences
The retiral date is three weeks before de Mello turns 75 and would have been required to retire under age limits for supreme court judges.
Seeing that he retreated, and fearing for Lisuarte’s personal safety, Amadis took advantage of the darkness which was now falling to withdraw his troops rather than pursue, so that the King was able to effect an orderly retiral.
Quelch stepped on her frock and tore it from its gathers, necessitating her retiral to a dressing-room and the assistance of a maid, who took some time to fix it up.
The retiral of the British army from the La Fère-Noyon line was the signal for the Germans to advance.
The preceding year, the king had made an expedition into Gascogne and Languedoc; on his retiral he left behind him "that which was worth more than an army," a parlement established in Toulouse with jurisdiction over all of Languedoc and the duchy of Guyenne.
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