All leaving synonyms
leav·ing
L l noun leaving
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- parting — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- exit — A way out, especially of a public building, room, or passenger vehicle.
- exodus — A mass departure of people, esp. emigrants.
- withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
adjective leaving
- outgoing — going out; departing: outgoing trains.
- outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
- ex — (of goods) sold direct from.
- outbound — outward bound: an outbound freighter.