leaving

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  1. Departure; death. The aungelle gaf hym in warnynge Of the tyme of hys levynge. MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 243. (Halliwell.)
  2. That which is left; a remnant or relic; refuse: nearly always in the plural. My father has this morning call'd together, To this poor hall, his little Roman senate, The leavings of Pharsalia. Addison, Cato, i. 1.

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  • The day before he was to leave the Western Union Telegraph Company the fact of his resignation became known to Mr. Gould. The financier told the boy there was no reason for his leaving, and that he would personally see to it that a substantial increase was made in his salary. —  A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After
  • While the FA went to great lengths to explain what the silence was about, there was no announcement in Ukrainian, leaving 5\% of the crowd in the dark. —  TEAMtalk Football News
  • I wanted to make sure the facts for my leaving were known and documented. —  Pulpit Pimps
  • Lack of transparency over COPE's candidates list was among the reasons for their leaving, they said. —  IOL: News
  • The article states the main reasons for their leaving is because of social and personal reasons, not visa problems. —  Techdirt
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  1. from Middle English levynge, verbal noun of leave, v.
 

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