leave-taking

See also: leavetaking

English

Alternative forms

• leavetaking

Noun

leave-taking (countable and uncountable, plural leave-takings)

1. The process of saying goodbye.

   The diplomat's formal leave-taking took up most of the day.

2. The act or process of taking leave (time away from work)
   • 1998, Mindy Fried, Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture, page 53:

     As a mother and a middle manager, Sasha had given a lot of thought to the issue of leave-taking.

Translations

The process of saying goodbye

• Albanian: lamtumirë (sq)
• Azerbaijani: sağollaşma, vidalaşma
• Bulgarian: сбогуване n (sboguvane)

Anagrams

• taking leave