1. The act of departing politely
   "parting is such sweet sorrow";
   - farewell, leave, leave-taking
    
2. The act of separating or departing
   "The parting was a mutual and amiable decision"
    
3. A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
   "his parting was right in the middle";
   - part [N. Amer]

1. Go one's own way; move apart
   "The friends parted after the party";
   - separate, split
    
2. Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
   "The couple parted after 25 years of marriage";
   - separate, split up, split, break, break up
    
3. Move or break apart
   "The two pieces that we had glued parted";
   - separate, divide
    
4. Force, take, or pull apart
   "Moses parted the Red Sea";
   - separate, disunite, divide
    
5. Head for somewhere else
   "The friends parted ways at the intersection";
   - depart, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off

Derived forms: partings

See also: part with

Type of: break, break off, cease, change, departure, discontinue, displace, give up, go away, go forth, going, going away, lay off, leave, leaving, line, move, off [informal], quit, stop, surcease [archaic]

Part of: hair

Encyclopedia: Parting