unretirement

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noun

A return to work from retirement.

Opposite
re-retirementretirement
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Meanings

noununretirement (usually uncountable, plural unretirements)

plural unretirements

  1. uncountableusuallyA return to work from retirement.

    The Green Bay Packers would be celebrating Brett Favre’s unretirement.

    2008 March 16, Steve Hofstetter, “The Ultimate Fan Fantasy: Owning a Piece of the Rock”, in New York Times

    Antonyms: re-retirement, retirement

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA return to work from retirement.

Opposite
re-retirementretirement

Origin

By surface analysis, un- + retirement, or, by surface analysis, un- + retire + -ment.

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Cite this entry
APA

unretirement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unretirement

MLA

“unretirement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unretirement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unretirement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unretirement.

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