leave-taking

Examples

• All

• Students murmur and snicker at his awkward leave-taking.

  Academic text (2001)

• Singing three songs of leave-taking is more formal than many Caboclos are inclined to be as they leave a festa.

  Academic text (2003)

• What a leave-taking that would be.

  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

• Their songs of arrival describe their journey from this region, and their songs of leave-taking describe their return to it.

  Academic text (2003)

• I had been preparing myself for this leave-taking.

  Fiction book (2000)

• She had not cried at their leave-taking, much as she wanted to.

  Fiction book (1992)

• These are: songs of arrival, songs to summon the Caboclos, songs for drinking and disporting, insult songs, and songs of leave-taking.

  Academic text (2003)

• Someone went over to talk, but she couldn't bear her husband's leave-taking and cried out again, drawing the heads of tourists and locals crossing the bridge.

  Fiction book (1996)

• There was barely a formal leave-taking, and Monica saw how, as the younger of the two, she'd never occupied the place in Sonja's heart that Sonja had in hers.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The audience gave a round of applause as the speaker began his leave-taking after a successful presentation.

Synonyms

G

goodbye

vsleave-taking

∞ 1.0

Words people say when they leave each other

is the overall polite act of departure rather than a single remark

B

bye

vsleave-taking

• Informal

306 1.0

A short word or action people use when they leave each other

is the polite or formal act of departure rather than casual speech

B

bye-bye

vsleave-taking

• Informal

279 1.1

A friendly informal way to say goodbye when leaving

focuses on polite formal departure rather than casual or playful speech

F

farewell

vsleave-taking

199 1.9

A speech or action that says goodbye and wishes someone well

is the polite formal act of departing rather than a single expression

L

leave

vsleave-taking

• Formal

148 4.2

Polite permission to leave a person or place

is the social act of saying farewell with polite manners

E

exit

vsleave-taking

129 1.0

The act of leaving a place or situation

is centered on polite manners when people say their good wishes

G

going away

vsleave-taking

109 3.2

Leaving a place or people to live somewhere else for a long time

is about the polite act of parting, not about long duration

G

good-bye

vsleave-taking

59 1.0

Words or actions people use when they leave

covers the full polite departure event, not only the words said

S

sayonara

vsleave-taking

31 8.6

A goodbye used when someone leaves for a long time

is the polite departure action without implying permanent end

P

parting

vsleave-taking

30 3.2

To leave or say goodbye to someone

is focused on polite or formal manners when people part

A

adieu

vsleave-taking

• Literature

24 9.3

A final goodbye you say when leaving for a long time

is the general polite act of leaving, not only final phrases

L

leaving

vsleave-taking

4 1.0

The act of going away from a place or person

adds the emphasis on polite or formal manner when people part

W

word of farewell

vsleave-taking

1 4.6

A short spoken or written message saying goodbye and good wishes

is the wider act of polite departure rather than a single phrase

E

exitus

vsleave-taking

• Archaic

1 9.9

A formal leaving from a place that attracts attention

is the everyday polite act of parting rather than a notable event

Antonyms

A

arrival

324 1.0

Coming to a place, often at the end of a journey

G

greeting

283 1.0

A friendly word or action you use when you meet someone

How Formal

valediction

• Formal

1 9.6

farewell

199 1.9

leave-taking

• Formal

1 7.0

goodbye

∞ 1.0

bye

• Informal

306 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology