departing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of depart

adj

  1. that is leaving
    a departing train
  2. while leaving
    departing words

noun

  1. The act by which somebody or something departs.
    But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move. 2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology, page 168

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