parting: Meaning and Definition of

part•ing

1. the act of a person or thing that parts.
2. a division or separation.
3. a place of division or separation.
4. a departure or leave-taking.
5. death.
6. something that serves to part or separate things.
7. a fracture of a crystal along a plane determined by twinning or pressure rather than along a cleavage plane.
8. See

1. given, happening, taken, done, etc., at parting: a parting glance.
2. of or pertaining to parting, leave-taking, departure, or death: parting words.
3. ending or taking leave: the parting day.
4. dying.
5. dividing or separating.