taking leave

Main Entry:
departure [dih-pahr-cher]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: leaving
Synonyms: abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing
Antonyms: arrival, coming, entrance
Main Entry: exit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave a place
Synonyms: bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act, flake off, get away, get off, get*, git, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike, take one's leave, withdraw
Antonyms: arrive, come in, enter, go in
Main Entry: go
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: advance, proceed physically
Synonyms: abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw
Antonyms: stay, stop
Main Entry: leave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: depart, abandon physically
Synonyms: abscond, beat it, break away, clear out, come away, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, give the slip, go, go away, go forth, head out, issue, migrate, move, move out, part, pull out, push off, quit, relinquish, remove oneself, retire, ride off, run along, sally, say goodbye, scram, set out, slip out, split*, start, step down, take a hike, take leave, take off, vacate, vamoose, vanish, walk out, withdraw
Notes: let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place
Antonyms: come, go
Main Entry: part
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: leave, go away from someone
Synonyms: break, break off, break up, clear out, cut and run, dedomicile, depart, ease out, go, go separate ways, hit the road, leave flat, part company, pull out, push off, quit, quit the scene, say goodbye, separate, ship out, shove off, split, split up, take a hike, take leave, take off, walk out on, withdraw
Notes: a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off
Antonyms: arrive, come
Main Entry: separate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: part company in a romantic
Synonyms: bifurcate, break it off, break off, break up, dedomicile, depart, discontinue, disunify, disunite, diverge, divorce, drop, estrange, go away, go different ways, go separate ways, leave, part, pull out, relationship or marriage alienate, split up, take leave, uncouple, unlink, untie the knot
Antonyms: marry
Main Entry: withdraw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove something or someone from situation
Synonyms: abjure, absent oneself, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw away, draw back, drop out, ease out, eliminate, exfiltrate, exit, extract, fall back, get away, get lost, get off, give ground, give way, go, keep aloof, keep apart, leave, make oneself scarce, phase out, pull back, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, run along, secede, seclude oneself, shrink, switch, take a hike, take away, take leave, take off, take out, vacate
Antonyms: remain, stay
Related Words
Main Entry: departure
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
abducent, abductive, apopemptic, departing, dimissory, effused, fled, nidifugous, outgoing, outward bound, rebarbative, repellent, repelling, repulsive, stolen away, valedictory
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Initial motion from] Departure.
Category: 4. Motion with reference to direction
Synonyms:
-nouns
departure, decession, decampment; embarkation; outset, start; removal; exit (egress); exodus, hejira, flight., leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista; stirrup cup; valedictorian., starting point, starting post; point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation; port of embarkation.
-verbs
depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from., leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose, vamose [U.S.]; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail, put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get underway, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say goodbye, bid goodbye; disappear; abscond (avoid); entrain; inspan.
-adjectives
departing; valedictory; outward bound.
-adverbs
whence, hence, thence; with a foot in the stirrup; on the wing, on the move.
Antonyms: arrival
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