leaving n : act of departing [syn: departure, going, going away]

English

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Verb

leaving

Leave may be:

• Permission for absence:
  • Parental leave
  • Leave (military)
  • Leave, use of paid time off

• Leave (song), a song by American rock band R.E.M. included in their album New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

See also

• Leaf
• French leave

AWOL, French leave, abandonment, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, casting away, cessation, cut, day off, decampment, default, departure, desuetude, disappearance, disuse, egress, escape, evacuation, excused absence, exit, exodus, fleeing, flight, forsaking, furlough, getaway, going, hegira, holiday, hooky, jettison, jettisoning, leave, leave of absence, nonappearance, nonattendance, parting, passing, pulling out, removal, retirement, retreat, running away, sabbatical leave, sick leave, throwing overboard, truancy, truantism, unexcused absence, vacation, walkout, withdrawal