Word Study
leave off |
leave office |
leave out |
leave well enough alone |
leave word |
leave-taking
| leaved
| leaveless
| leaven
| leavened
| leavening
leave-taking
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun leave-taking has 1 sense
- leave-taking(n = noun.act) farewell, leave, parting - the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" is a kind of departure, going, going away, leaving
has particulars: valediction
CIDE DICTIONARY
leave-taking, n.
Taking of leave; the act of departing politely; the giving of parting compliments. Shak. [1913 Webster]
For further exploring for "leave-taking" in Webster Dictionary Online
