Usage of "leave-taking"

Portuguese

despedida

Catalan

adéu

Spanish

adiós

The act of departing politely.

despedida

Usage of leave-taking in English

And it was a great leave-taking when the party reached the wharf. 
 Kennedy Square 

No, not for a moment, not even in the moment of leave-taking. 
 The Divine Fire 

Obviously, they hadn't expected her amiable tone of voice or polite leave-taking. 
 Frontier courtship 

And an hour or two afterwards Yule left the house without leave-taking. 
 New Grub Street 

The young husband was his nephew, and they kissed fondly on leave-taking. 
 The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a... 

I will not deny that I had hoped for a tenderer leave-taking. 
 The Red Axe 

When the hour arrived, after much leave-taking, we saw them safely embarked. 
 Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas 

I can generally bear the separation, but I don't like the leave-taking. 
 The Note-Books of Samuel Butler 

Our host's leave-taking was far more formal than his reception of us. 
 Hurricane Hurry 

I try to be affected, moved, by this leave-taking, but without success. 
 Madame Chrysantheme — Volume 4 

I do not care if there is no grace in my leave-taking.' 
 Assail 

Second, there are the unfortunate circumstances surrounding our recent leave-taking from the Federation. 
 Ilse Witch 

It was in the fresh, fragrant forest, in the last hour of leave-taking. 
 Pictures of Sweden 

Every one joined in heartily, forgetting all about the solemnity of the leave-taking. 
 Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army 

He held out his hand in the mechanical gesture of leave-taking. 
 The Descent of Man and Other Stories 

He dismissed Naaman with cold dignity, in the ordinary conventional form of leave-taking. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut... 