leave-taking

leave-tak·ing

(lēv′tā′kĭng)

A departure or farewell.

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leave-taking

the act of departing; a farewell

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leave′-tak`ing

a saying farewell; a parting or good-bye; departure: Their leave-taking was brief.

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Noun

leave-taking - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"

parting, farewell, leave

departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing

valediction - the act of saying farewell

leave-taking

noun departure, going, leaving, parting, goodbye, farewell, valediction, sendoff (informal) For him, the leave-taking was heartbreaking.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

leave-taking

noun

A separation of two or more people:

adieu, farewell, good-bye, parting, valediction.

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leave-taking

[ˈliːvˌteɪkɪŋ] N → despedida f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

leave-taking

n → Abschied m; (= act) → Abschiednehmen nt

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On the evening in question the little scene acquired an added poignancy by reminding him--he could not have said why--of his leave-taking from Madame Olenska after their confidential talk a week or ten days earlier.

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There was no leave-taking of Ginger; we neighed to each other as I was led off, and she trotted anxiously along by the hedge, calling to me as long as she could hear the sound of my feet.

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As though it were yesterday, he remembered that leave-taking and Francis's threatening words.

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Thoroughly understanding him, Agnes made the leave-taking friendly and pleasant on her side.

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There was not a soul in Randolph Crescent, nor a soul in Queensferry Street; in this outdoor privacy and the sense of escape, John took heart again; and with a pathetic sense of leave-taking, he even ventured up the lane and stood awhile, a strange peri at the gates of a quaint paradise, by the west end of St.

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As he was to begin his journey too early on the morrow to see any of the family, the ceremony of leave-taking was performed when the ladies moved for the night; and Mrs.

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He had even shelled the fort as a parting compliment; nor could anything have been more truly Prussian than this leave-taking of the Baron Friedrich von Schoenvorts.

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You will permit me to wish you a very pleasant evening, and a speedy leave-taking."

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Even the agitation of the leave-taking, under circumstances entirely new in the home experience of the parents and children, had not shaken the resolute discretion of Mr.

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"My brother," I exclaimed, as soon as I could speak, "almost at the moment of our leave-taking, a reflection occurred to me, which is perhaps new to you.

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The Digger kept on ahead of the party, crossing and recrossing the river in pursuit of game, until, unluckily, encountering a brother Digger, he stole off with him, without the ceremony of leave-taking.

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If I have said anything which you think justifies this very abrupt leave-taking, I beg you will forgive and forget it--or, at least, let it have no more weight with you than the idle words of any woman.