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leave-taking

leave-taking noun: the process of saying goodbye.

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.
    • “After the leave-taking of the king, war broke out between us and the Swedes.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43
  2. The act or process of taking leave (time away from work)
    • As a mother and a middle manager, Sasha had given a lot of thought to the issue of leave-taking.1998, Mindy Fried, Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture, page 53

leave-taking meaning in Tamil

leave-taking in Tamil

leave-taking; farewell, an emotional farewell; parting without the heart to part
பிரியாவிடை piriyāviṭai

Synonyms of leave-taking

Forms of leave-taking

pluralleave-takings
alternative formleavetaking

Questions about leave-taking

What does leave-taking mean?
Leave-taking means the process of saying goodbye.
What is leave-taking in Tamil?
Leave-taking in Tamil is பிரியாவிடை (piriyāviṭai). See Leave-taking meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leave-taking?
Leave-taking is a noun.
What is the plural of leave-taking?
The plural of leave-taking is leave-takings.

Words near leave-taking in the dictionary

  1. leave with the one who brung ya
  2. leave with the one who brung you
  3. leave-in
  4. leave-ins
  5. leave-one-out
  6. leave-taking
  7. leave-takings
  8. leaved
  9. leavee
  10. leavees
  11. leaveism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leave-taking (page history and authors); பிரியாவிடை (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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