semiretirement
English
editEtymology
editFrom semi- + retirement.
Noun
editsemiretirement (usually uncountable, plural semiretirements)
- A state of partial retirement, working only part-time or occasionally
- 2009 January 5, Anthony Tommasini, “Reopening a Pianist's Treasury of Chopin”, in New York Times[1]:
- In 1957, tired of traveling on the concert circuit and beginning to experience insecurity about memorization, Reisenberg went into semiretirement.