parting

About 3.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
2. noun The state of being parted.
3. noun A farewell, the act of departing politely.
4. noun The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
5. noun The joint or connected between two surfaces of one section of a mould.
6. noun The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
7. noun A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
8. noun The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

Similar words

last leave leave-taking farewell parthian partition partitioning separating separation unbundling

Often followed by

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Word family

partings