parting with
Giving something away
Parting with means giving up or relinquishing something, usually with some reluctance: I hate parting with my old books, She finally parted with the family heirloom.
The phrase suggests emotional attachment or difficulty in letting go, distinguishing it from simply giving or selling.
- saying goodbyeAct of parting words
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- sellTransfer for payment
- farewellLeave-taking expression
donate · renunciation · letting go · grief · surrender · discard · clearing out · garage sale · nostalgia · sentimental value · dispossession · closure · acceptance · ephemerality · hand over · breakup · longing · detachment
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
possession/retention
parting withkeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · holding · clinging to · preserving · safeguarding
part, parted, parts, partway, partition, partitions, partitioned, partitioning, partial