Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Leave-taking \Leave"-tak`ing\, n.
   Taking of leave; parting compliments. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

leave-taking
     n : the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells";
         "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn:
          {farewell}, {leave}, {parting}]