Emily Dickinson Lexicon

parting, n. [see part, v.] (webplay: accepteth, building, claim, commerce, day, denomination, depart, design, farewell, friendly, given, go, hands, immortal, judgment, mentioned, moon, mount, nature, night, play, soul, stock, stood, sun, understanding).

1. Letting go; giving up; act of relinquishing.
2. Leave-taking; good-bye; [fig.] death; separation of the body and spirit; departure of the soul from the mortal world.
3. Grief at departure; sorrow caused by leave-taking.
4. Farewell; departure; moment of separation.
5. Period of separation; absence from each other.