Usage of "leave-taking"

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The act of departing politely.

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Examples for "leave"

They continue to insist, however, that the family must leave the UK. 
 The Guardian 

The moment was too good; I wasn't quite ready to leave yet. 
 Don't blink 

Moreover, if market conditions improve, banks may decide to leave the scheme. 
 Reuters 

The moment we leave the college, our safety concerns begin, said Present. 
 The South African 

Said I should probably try to leave my 'Muggle toys' at home. 
 James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing 

He said the squad also had a farewell party four days later. 
 Radio NZ 

And so Godwin left one day quite early, without any further farewell. 
 Angel time: the songs of the seraphim 

The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution, and the farewell-address of George Washington. 
 The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt 

It will reach you, this long farewell, only a few weeks late. 
 The Scar 

Seven years on from Alex Ferguson's farewell, are United still in recovery? 
 The Irish Times 

It was the crisis in his life; the parting of the ways. 
 Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in Ameri... 

The parting from the grandmother was lovely; almost everyone was in tears. 
 A Young Girl's Diary 

Please accept it with my sincere good wishes as a parting gift. 
 The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1 

However, he wished the Springboks all the best in his parting word. 
 The South African 

He leans across, and the glasses make way, parting like a sea. 
 Anthropology of an american girl: a novel 

Uso de leave-taking em inglês

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... 