NOUN
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the act of departing politely
he took his leave
parting is such sweet sorrow
he disliked long farewells
How To Use leave-taking In A Sentence
- A handshake, with no thrill of love in it such as might have furnished her palm, at least, some memories to dwell upon; a few stilted words of leave-taking; a halting, meaningless sentence or two about his "botch" of life -- then he walked away from the Wentworth doorstep. Homespun Tales
- Christmas time and the final six weeks before our departure marked a closing and significant state in our leave-taking. Christianity Today
- Although I'm not expected to observe or even know all the rules, as a foreigner, I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and protest that accompany a leave-taking .
- I am writing to explain the Administration's present thinking on leave-taking and leave accumulation in the civil service.
- And then ideologically: a leave-taking from a specific doctrine of salvation and, beyond that, from the illusion that unacceptable circumstances of life can be changed by this conventional expedient of violent struggle.
- As Berry arrived at his house, he was prepared for a grim and tearful leave-taking.
- I can nowise explain what sort of whim, prank, or perversity it was, that, after all these leave-takings, induced me to go to the pig-stye and take leave of the swine!
- So it was, that because of the unhappy leave-taking, no one noticed the insulation smoldering on the frayed wires in the old barn. None saw the first spark fall.
- Few writers can resist the lure of closure — some form of summing-up or leave-taking. Cut This Story!
- These were the formal front courts for greetings and leave-takings. My Darling Heriott: Henrietta Luxborough, Poetic Gardener and Irrepressible Exile