semiretirement

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ retirement

Noun

semiretirement (usually uncountable, plural semiretirements)

  1. 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:
      In 1957, tired of traveling on the concert circuit and beginning to experience insecurity about memorization, Reisenberg went into semiretirement.
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