Retirement vs. Retreat — What's the Difference?

Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.

The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant

Withdrawal from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age.

Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.

The age at which one withdraws from work or activity

The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller

The act of retiring or the state of being retired

The process of changing or undergoing change in one's thinking or in a position

Privacy or seclusion

A decline in value

(Archaic) A place of privacy or seclusion; a retreat.

A place affording peace, quiet, privacy, or security.

An act of retiring; withdrawal.

A period of seclusion, retirement, or solitude.

(uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion.

A period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, or study

A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.

The signal for a military withdrawal

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.

A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.

The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.

The military ceremony of lowering the flag.

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

To move backward or away; withdraw or retire

A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

To make a military retreat.

The state of being retired from one's business or occupation

To move back from a position of advancement or become smaller

Withdrawal from your position or occupation

To change or undergo change in one's thinking or in a position

Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation;

To decline in value

To move (a chess piece) back.

The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.

A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.

A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.

A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.

A period of meditation, prayer or study.

Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.

A signal for a military withdrawal.

A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.

A military ceremony to lower the flag.

(chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.

To withdraw from a position, go back.

To withdraw military forces

To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.

To slope back.

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.

A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.

To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.

(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat;

A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

An area where you can be alone

Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation;

Pull back or move away or backward;

Move away, as for privacy;

Move back;

Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;