define parting
( partings plural ) 1 n-var Parting is the act of leaving a particular person or place. A parting is an occasion when this happens. It was a dreadfully emotional parting. 2 adj Your parting words or actions are the things that you say or do as you are leaving a place or person. ADJ n. Her parting words left him feeling empty and alone. 3 n-count The parting in someone's hair is the line running from the front to the back of their head where their hair lies in different directions. (BRIT) in AM, use part. 4 When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together. â¦ parting of the ways phrase. ...a negotiated parting of the ways for the three Baltic republics.