Emily Dickinson Lexicon

setting, verbal n. [see set, v.] (webplay: apart, best, contemn, eyes, faces, infinite, lover, man, natural, sea, sea, stone, sun, power, put, separate, standing, sportsmen, stone, sun).

1. Departure; farewell; parting; leave-taking; going away.
2. Darkness; evening; nightfall; going down; sinking towards the horizon; [fig.] decline; ending; nearing death.
3. Ending; finishing; termination; conclusion; expiration.