retiral

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UK/ɹɪˈtaɪ(ə)ɹəl/US/ɹəˈtaɪɹəl/US/ɹiˈtaɪɹəl/Scotland/ɹɪˈtaeɾl̩/

noun

Withdrawal, retreat.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 7
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Meanings

nounretiral (countable and uncountable, plural retirals)

plural retirals

  1. ScotlandcountableuncountableWithdrawal, retreat.First known use 17th c.
  2. ScotlandcountableuncountableRetirement from employment.First known use 19th c.

    By that time I had sold the main business, being past retiral age.

    2003, Alasdair Gray, “Job's Skin Game”, in Every Short Story, Canongate, published 2012, page 731
  3. countableuncountablebusinessThe act of taking up a bill when due.

Origin

From retire + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with retiral

viralspiralchiralachiralaquareoviralgyraloncoviral
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Anagrams

trailerretrial
Cite this entry
APA

retiral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retiral

MLA

“retiral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retiral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retiral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retiral.

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