Definition of: parting

(pär′ting) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to a parting or going away, often in death.
2. Departing; declining.
3. Capable of being parted.
4. Separating; severing; dividing.
—noun
1. The act of separating, or the state of being separated; division.
2. A leave–taking; a departure; especially, a final separation.
3. Metall. The separation of metals in an alloy; specifically, the separation of gold and silver by acid in assaying.
4. A place, line, or surface of separation or division.
5. Something that parts or separates.