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leave-taking

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leave-takĀ·ing (lvtkng)
n.
A departure or farewell.

leave-taking
Noun
a departing; a farewell
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Noun1.leave-takingleave-taking - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
valediction - the act of saying farewell

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