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waygoing

American

[wey-goh-ing] / ˈweɪˌgoʊ ɪŋ /

noun

Chiefly Scot. and North England.

the act of leaving; departure; leave-taking.

Etymology

Origin of waygoing

First recorded in 1625–35; way ¹ + going

Example Sentences

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Yet what it cost us to depart—at least till we were out of the gates of the city—I cannot write down, for to both of us the first waygoing seemed bitter as death.

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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