Retirement vs Asylum - What's the difference?
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An act of retiring; withdrawal.
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(uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion.
The portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
(obsolete) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
A place of safety.
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
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Retirement is a related term of asylum.
As nouns the difference between retirement and asylum
is that retirement is an act of retiring; withdrawal while asylum is a place of safety.retirement
English
Noun
- The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.
Synonyms
* (act of retiring) departure, withdrawment * (state of being retired) privacy, seclusion, solitude * (place of seclusion or privacy) retreatasylum
English
Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum , it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.