What is the meaning of parting?

noun

• The act of departing politely.
  • usage: "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
  • synonyms: farewell, leave, leave-taking
• A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.
  • usage: "his part was right in the middle"
  • synonyms: part

verb

• Go one's own way; move apart.
  • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • synonyms: separate, part, split
• Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
  • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • synonyms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
• Leave.
  • usage: "The family took off for Florida"
  • synonyms: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
• Come apart.
  • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • synonyms: separate, divide, part
• Force, take, or pull apart.
  • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • synonyms: separate, disunite, divide, part