partings
Ways of leaving
Partings are separations or departures, the moments when people or things come apart.
A parting between friends may be sad; a parting of the ways marks divergence.
In British usage, a parting is the line where hair is divided—Americans say part.
Their parting was tearful.
She combed the parting in her hair.
Act of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- sendoffFarewell event or gesture
- adieuFormal leave-taking
separation · valediction · bon voyage · godspeed · closure · last words · waving · tearful
Romantic relationship's termination
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- splitSeparation into parts
- riftCrack or estrangement
dissolution · severance · detachment · alienation · disconnection · disunion · schism · ending
Spanish parting word
- au revoirFrench parting phrase
- sayonaraJapanese term for goodbye
- ciaoItalian dual-purpose salutation
- arrivederciItalian farewell expression
shalom · aloha · namaste · salaam · do svidaniya · cheerio · hasta luego
departure
Act of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- sendoffFarewell event or gesture
adieu · separation · valediction · bon voyage · godspeed · closure · last words · waving · tearful · bittersweet
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- splitSeparation into parts
rift · dissolution · severance · detachment · alienation · disconnection · disunion · schism · ending · rupture
adios
Spanish parting word
arrivederci · shalom · aloha · namaste · salaam · do svidaniya · cheerio · hasta luego
side
Lateral portion of something
scalp · line · zigzag · deep · razor · sectioning · styling · hair · grooming
- splitssplits, divisions, separations, breaks, fractures
- dissolutionbreakup, breakdown, liquidation, wind down, disintegration
partingsreunions
Gatherings of separated people
arrivals · meetings · homecomings · greetings · welcomings
partingsreunions
Gatherings of separated people
reconciliations · reconnections · unions · joinings · mergings
- parting waysEnding association with another
- parting wordsFarewell remarks
- parting shotFinal barb when departing
- parting giftPresent given at departure
- parting withGiving up possession
- parting of ways