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GOING AWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of departing
Synonyms:
departure; going; going away; leaving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("going away" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "going away"):
breaking away (departing hastily)
farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting (the act of departing politely)
French leave (an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell))
disappearance; disappearing (the act of leaving secretly or without explanation)
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
sailing (the departure of a vessel from a port)
boarding; embarkation; embarkment (the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft)
exit (the act of going out)
despatch; dispatch; shipment (the act of sending off something)
takeoff (a departure; especially of airplanes)
Context examples:
Going away on an exciting trip together is often the best way to form a closer bond with your one-and-only.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
To-night Dr. Van Helsing is going away, as he has to be for a day in Amsterdam.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“You’re not going away in an unkind spirit, Hudson, I hope,” said my father, with a tameness which made my blood boil.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And so, just as he was going away again, it came into my head, I am sure I do not know how I happened to think of it, but it came into my head to ask him if there was any news.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
At his going away she gave him a wishing-ring, and said, Take this ring, and put it on your finger; whatever you wish it will bring you; only promise never to make use of it to bring me hence to your father’s house.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Catherine accepted this kindness with gratitude, and they continued as they were for three minutes longer, when Isabella, who had been talking to James on the other side of her, turned again to his sister and whispered, My dear creature, I am afraid I must leave you, your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away, and I dare say John will be back in a moment, and then you may easily find me out.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The time having come for her withdrawal for the night, and she having left us, I gave Mr. Wickfield my hand, preparatory to going away myself.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Instead of which, that undignified creature answered, with an irrepressible sob, "Because you are going away."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“Yes,” said Lady Bertram, “but I wish he was not going away. They are all going away, I think. I wish they would stay at home.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
She is a great fool for going away, if she liked him.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
