parting (noun)

  • 61Great Divide — noun that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States • Instance Hypernyms: ↑watershed, ↑water parting, ↑divide • Part Holonyms: ↑continental divide …

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  • 62leaving — noun the act of departing (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑departure, ↑going, ↑going away • Derivationally related forms: ↑go (for: ↑going), ↑depart …

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  • 63word of farewell — noun an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑farewell • Hypernyms: ↑acknowledgment, ↑acknowledgement • Hyponyms: ↑adieu, ↑ …

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  • 64good-afternoon — (ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: good afternoon : a remark on meeting or parting in the afternoon …

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  • 65split pulley — noun or split rigger : a pulley made in semicircular halves for ease in applying to a shaft called also parting pulley …

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  • 66departure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Moving away from Nouns 1. departure, leaving, parting, decampment; disappearance; retreat, embarkation; outset, start; removal, exit, egress, exodus, hejira, evacuation; flight (see escape); recession. 2 …

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  • 67split-up — n break up, separation, divorce, estrangement, alienation, parting, parting of the ways * * * ▶ noun BREAK UP, separation, split, parting, estrangement, rift; divorce; Brit. informal bust up. * * * I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( …

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  • 68part|ing — «PAHR tihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the action or fact of departing; going away; taking leave: »The friends were sad at parting. SYNONYM(S): departure. 2. a division; separation. 3. a place of division or separation: »to reach the parting of… …

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  • 69divorce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Dissolution of marriage Nouns 1. divorce, divorcement, [legal or trial] separation, dissolution, annulment, parting of the ways, breakup, split up; contested or uncontested divorce, no fault divorce,… …

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  • 70separation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of dividing] Syn. disconnection, severance, division, cut, disjoining, detachment. 2. [The act of parting] Syn. leave taking, farewell, embarkation; see departure 1 . 3. [Marital estrangement] Syn. divorce, break up …

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