parting

noun9

1. •
   The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
2. •
   A farewell, the act of departing politely.

   • And there were sudden partings,such as press / The life from out young hearts. — 1816
3. •
   The state of being parted.

   • The parting of the way. — 1611
4. •
   The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
5. •
   The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
6. •
   (UK) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
7. •
   The joint or connected between two surfaces of one section of a mould.
8. •
   A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
9. •
   Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.