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Definition of Leave-taking
1. Noun. The act of departing politely. "Parting is such sweet sorrow"
Generic synonyms: Departure, Going, Going Away, Leaving
Specialized synonyms: Valediction
Derivative terms: Leave, Leave, Leave, Part, Part
Definition of Leave-taking
1. Noun. The process of saying goodbye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leave-taking
Literary usage of Leave-taking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1873)
"He included in his leave-taking his deaf, dumb, and blind friends ; and, to use
his own homely phrase, was yet more terribly 'down in the mouth' at taking ..."
2. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
""TVT"O feature of the extraordinary winter of 1860-61 is more sin- JL-\ gular in
retrospect than the formal leave-taking of the South- •ern senators and ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1891)
"If he could only get away, if but for a quarter of an hour; if he could really
exchange all that for the sunniness and warmth THE leave-taking. ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"A leave-taking Kneel not and leave me: mirth is in its grave. True friend, sweet
words were ours, sweet words decay. Believe, the perfume once this violet ..."
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