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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
leave-taking is a noun meaning "the act of departing politely". It carries one recorded sense.
the act of departing politely
“he disliked long farewells”
“he took his leave”
“parting is such sweet sorrow”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for leave-taking come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.