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Definition of leaving :
Of or pert. to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company.
Synonyms:
exit, difference, departure, loss, sledding, passing, divergence, release, expiration, deviation, going away
abandoning (part of speech: verb)
abdicating, surrendering, discontinuing, quitting, dropping, evacuating, vacating, relinquishing, forsaking, resigning, abandoning, defecting, deserting
leaving (part of speech: verb)
abstracting, omitting, voiding, emptying, absenting
ridding (part of speech: verb)
forgoing, waiving, releasing, letting go, ridding, dismissing, canceling, parting with, disowning, capitulating, rejecting, discarding, dispelling, casting off, renouncing, shedding, venting, disclaiming, relegating, jettisoning, disposing
departing (part of speech: verb)
embarking, retreating, going, exiting, fleeing, parting, decamping, departing, withdrawing
Usage examples:
- Leaving Glenwood was, as Dorothy said, very different from going there. - "Dorothy Dale in the City", Margaret Penrose.
- I suppose he'd just that moment remembered my leaving it behind that day at Mrs. Ramsay's. - "In the Bishop's Carriage", Miriam Michelson.
- Anyhow, if he saw you leaving the house he'd not know but what you had been to see some one else. - "The Grain Of Dust A Novel", David Graham Phillips.
