What's the appropriate word for someone that's leaving something?

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What's the most appropriate word for someone that's leaving something (or somewhere)? For example, if someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

The term will be used in a software library to denote processes separated from the cluster.

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

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EdMelo

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If he leaves the room he's gone.

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 18:57

True, my example was misleading, not quite what I was looking for. Updated to better clarify my intents.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:08

3

Then why did you accept essentially the same answer?

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 19:12

See: english.stackexchange.com/questions/245627/…

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:31

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I was about to say "departed" untill i saw it in the question

– Andrey
May 11 '15 at 20:01

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-1

What's the most appropriate word for someone that's leaving something (or somewhere)? For example, if someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

The term will be used in a software library to denote processes separated from the cluster.

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

25.3k1488152

asked May 11 '15 at 18:47

EdMelo

10115

1

If he leaves the room he's gone.

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 18:57

True, my example was misleading, not quite what I was looking for. Updated to better clarify my intents.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:08

3

Then why did you accept essentially the same answer?

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 19:12

See: english.stackexchange.com/questions/245627/…

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:31

1

I was about to say "departed" untill i saw it in the question

– Andrey
May 11 '15 at 20:01

|
show 1 more comment

-1

What's the most appropriate word for someone that's leaving something (or somewhere)? For example, if someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

The term will be used in a software library to denote processes separated from the cluster.

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

25.3k1488152

asked May 11 '15 at 18:47

EdMelo

10115

What's the most appropriate word for someone that's leaving something (or somewhere)? For example, if someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

The term will be used in a software library to denote processes separated from the cluster.

single-word-requests adjectives

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

25.3k1488152

asked May 11 '15 at 18:47

EdMelo

10115

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

25.3k1488152

asked May 11 '15 at 18:47

EdMelo

10115

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

25.3k1488152

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

25.3k1488152

edited May 12 '15 at 12:23

Matt E. Эллен♦

25.3k1488152

asked May 11 '15 at 18:47

EdMelo

10115

asked May 11 '15 at 18:47

EdMelo

10115

asked May 11 '15 at 18:47

EdMelo

10115

1

If he leaves the room he's gone.

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 18:57

True, my example was misleading, not quite what I was looking for. Updated to better clarify my intents.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:08

3

Then why did you accept essentially the same answer?

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 19:12

See: english.stackexchange.com/questions/245627/…

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:31

1

I was about to say "departed" untill i saw it in the question

– Andrey
May 11 '15 at 20:01

|
show 1 more comment

1

If he leaves the room he's gone.

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 18:57

True, my example was misleading, not quite what I was looking for. Updated to better clarify my intents.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:08

3

Then why did you accept essentially the same answer?

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 19:12

See: english.stackexchange.com/questions/245627/…

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:31

1

I was about to say "departed" untill i saw it in the question

– Andrey
May 11 '15 at 20:01

If he leaves the room he's gone.

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 18:57

True, my example was misleading, not quite what I was looking for. Updated to better clarify my intents.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:08

Then why did you accept essentially the same answer?

– Robusto
May 11 '15 at 19:12

See: english.stackexchange.com/questions/245627/…

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:31

I was about to say "departed" untill i saw it in the question

– Andrey
May 11 '15 at 20:01

|
show 1 more comment

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If he has already left, he is gone:

adjective

[PREDICATIVE] 1 No longer present; departed:

If you are not using a predicative expression, absent might work better:

Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something:

For a more permanent departure, parted:

[NO OBJECT]

2. (also be parted) Leave someone’s company:

or if you are willing to risk the connotations of death, departed:

adjective

Dead:

ODO

edited May 11 '15 at 19:25

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

I think absent close to the word I'm looking for, but it denotes, IMO, a temporary situation. If someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:07

@EdMelo: If this is not really the answer you are looking for, you should probably remove the green check, so that others are motivated to search as well.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:13

I accepted the answer because I'm satisfied with the term departed. I will be used in a software library to denote processes departed from the cluster. Thanks.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:20

Good enough. I was just getting ready to offer that as a seperate answer, but I will include it in this one in stead.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:21

add a comment |

Depending on the context, three other words come to mind to describe a person departing from and organization:

Retired has strong connotations of concluding a career, but it also has a general sense of departure:

: withdrawn from one's position or occupation

: having concluded one's working or professional career

Merriam-Webster

Dismissed has a connotation of forced exit, but can also speak of permitted departure:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1 Order or allow to leave; send away:

Fired clearly communicates an unsavory departure:

informal Dismiss (an employee) from a job:

ODO

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

add a comment |

You could say "leaver", although I've only heard the term in the context of those who abandon school: school-leavers. And it's exactly what the Cambridge dictionary cites.

"Departed" seems good enough for me in this situation too, even though it's usually used for people who have died.

The Free Dictionary even cites a phrase with the term leaver:

A merchant ship which breaks off from a convoy to proceed to a different destination and becomes independent. Also called convoy leaver. See also leaver convoy; leaver section.

Other synonyms mentioned there are: "goer" and "departer".

And "departed" doesn't look like as a synonym from the definitions given there.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/departer

edited May 11 '15 at 20:06

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

1

I confess to have never seen the term leaver before. In the context you provided, all I've known was the term school dropout.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:32

1

I believe school dropout is the american term. The Cambridge dictionary puts UK under "school-leaver". dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/…

– Philippe Fanaro
May 11 '15 at 19:53

1

It's straying a little from the topic of the question, but in the UK "school-leaver" is a common term for anyone who is finishing their school career, with no connotation of dropping out early.

– Nefrubyr
May 12 '15 at 16:27

It is a neutral connotation than? Or could it be used as pejorative term. (Thx for the heads up btw.)

– Philippe Fanaro
May 17 '15 at 0:09

add a comment |

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If he has already left, he is gone:

adjective

[PREDICATIVE] 1 No longer present; departed:

If you are not using a predicative expression, absent might work better:

Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something:

For a more permanent departure, parted:

[NO OBJECT]

2. (also be parted) Leave someone’s company:

or if you are willing to risk the connotations of death, departed:

adjective

Dead:

ODO

edited May 11 '15 at 19:25

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

I think absent close to the word I'm looking for, but it denotes, IMO, a temporary situation. If someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:07

@EdMelo: If this is not really the answer you are looking for, you should probably remove the green check, so that others are motivated to search as well.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:13

I accepted the answer because I'm satisfied with the term departed. I will be used in a software library to denote processes departed from the cluster. Thanks.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:20

Good enough. I was just getting ready to offer that as a seperate answer, but I will include it in this one in stead.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:21

add a comment |

If he has already left, he is gone:

adjective

[PREDICATIVE] 1 No longer present; departed:

If you are not using a predicative expression, absent might work better:

Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something:

For a more permanent departure, parted:

[NO OBJECT]

2. (also be parted) Leave someone’s company:

or if you are willing to risk the connotations of death, departed:

adjective

Dead:

ODO

edited May 11 '15 at 19:25

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

I think absent close to the word I'm looking for, but it denotes, IMO, a temporary situation. If someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:07

@EdMelo: If this is not really the answer you are looking for, you should probably remove the green check, so that others are motivated to search as well.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:13

I accepted the answer because I'm satisfied with the term departed. I will be used in a software library to denote processes departed from the cluster. Thanks.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:20

Good enough. I was just getting ready to offer that as a seperate answer, but I will include it in this one in stead.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:21

add a comment |

If he has already left, he is gone:

adjective

[PREDICATIVE] 1 No longer present; departed:

If you are not using a predicative expression, absent might work better:

Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something:

For a more permanent departure, parted:

[NO OBJECT]

2. (also be parted) Leave someone’s company:

or if you are willing to risk the connotations of death, departed:

adjective

Dead:

ODO

edited May 11 '15 at 19:25

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

If he has already left, he is gone:

adjective

[PREDICATIVE] 1 No longer present; departed:

If you are not using a predicative expression, absent might work better:

Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something:

For a more permanent departure, parted:

[NO OBJECT]

2. (also be parted) Leave someone’s company:

or if you are willing to risk the connotations of death, departed:

adjective

Dead:

ODO

edited May 11 '15 at 19:25

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

edited May 11 '15 at 19:25

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

answered May 11 '15 at 19:00

ScotM

29.3k453116

I think absent close to the word I'm looking for, but it denotes, IMO, a temporary situation. If someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:07

@EdMelo: If this is not really the answer you are looking for, you should probably remove the green check, so that others are motivated to search as well.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:13

I accepted the answer because I'm satisfied with the term departed. I will be used in a software library to denote processes departed from the cluster. Thanks.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:20

Good enough. I was just getting ready to offer that as a seperate answer, but I will include it in this one in stead.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:21

add a comment |

I think absent close to the word I'm looking for, but it denotes, IMO, a temporary situation. If someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:07

@EdMelo: If this is not really the answer you are looking for, you should probably remove the green check, so that others are motivated to search as well.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:13

I accepted the answer because I'm satisfied with the term departed. I will be used in a software library to denote processes departed from the cluster. Thanks.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:20

Good enough. I was just getting ready to offer that as a seperate answer, but I will include it in this one in stead.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:21

I think absent close to the word I'm looking for, but it denotes, IMO, a temporary situation. If someone leaves an association permanently, what do I call him?

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:07

@EdMelo: If this is not really the answer you are looking for, you should probably remove the green check, so that others are motivated to search as well.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:13

I accepted the answer because I'm satisfied with the term departed. I will be used in a software library to denote processes departed from the cluster. Thanks.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:20

Good enough. I was just getting ready to offer that as a seperate answer, but I will include it in this one in stead.

– ScotM
May 11 '15 at 19:21

add a comment |

Depending on the context, three other words come to mind to describe a person departing from and organization:

Retired has strong connotations of concluding a career, but it also has a general sense of departure:

: withdrawn from one's position or occupation

: having concluded one's working or professional career

Merriam-Webster

Dismissed has a connotation of forced exit, but can also speak of permitted departure:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1 Order or allow to leave; send away:

Fired clearly communicates an unsavory departure:

informal Dismiss (an employee) from a job:

ODO

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

add a comment |

Depending on the context, three other words come to mind to describe a person departing from and organization:

Retired has strong connotations of concluding a career, but it also has a general sense of departure:

: withdrawn from one's position or occupation

: having concluded one's working or professional career

Merriam-Webster

Dismissed has a connotation of forced exit, but can also speak of permitted departure:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1 Order or allow to leave; send away:

Fired clearly communicates an unsavory departure:

informal Dismiss (an employee) from a job:

ODO

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

add a comment |

Depending on the context, three other words come to mind to describe a person departing from and organization:

Retired has strong connotations of concluding a career, but it also has a general sense of departure:

: withdrawn from one's position or occupation

: having concluded one's working or professional career

Merriam-Webster

Dismissed has a connotation of forced exit, but can also speak of permitted departure:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1 Order or allow to leave; send away:

Fired clearly communicates an unsavory departure:

informal Dismiss (an employee) from a job:

ODO

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

Depending on the context, three other words come to mind to describe a person departing from and organization:

Retired has strong connotations of concluding a career, but it also has a general sense of departure:

: withdrawn from one's position or occupation

: having concluded one's working or professional career

Merriam-Webster

Dismissed has a connotation of forced exit, but can also speak of permitted departure:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1 Order or allow to leave; send away:

Fired clearly communicates an unsavory departure:

informal Dismiss (an employee) from a job:

ODO

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

answered May 11 '15 at 19:38

ScotM

29.3k453116

add a comment |

You could say "leaver", although I've only heard the term in the context of those who abandon school: school-leavers. And it's exactly what the Cambridge dictionary cites.

"Departed" seems good enough for me in this situation too, even though it's usually used for people who have died.

The Free Dictionary even cites a phrase with the term leaver:

A merchant ship which breaks off from a convoy to proceed to a different destination and becomes independent. Also called convoy leaver. See also leaver convoy; leaver section.

Other synonyms mentioned there are: "goer" and "departer".

And "departed" doesn't look like as a synonym from the definitions given there.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/departer

edited May 11 '15 at 20:06

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

1

I confess to have never seen the term leaver before. In the context you provided, all I've known was the term school dropout.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:32

1

I believe school dropout is the american term. The Cambridge dictionary puts UK under "school-leaver". dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/…

– Philippe Fanaro
May 11 '15 at 19:53

1

It's straying a little from the topic of the question, but in the UK "school-leaver" is a common term for anyone who is finishing their school career, with no connotation of dropping out early.

– Nefrubyr
May 12 '15 at 16:27

It is a neutral connotation than? Or could it be used as pejorative term. (Thx for the heads up btw.)

– Philippe Fanaro
May 17 '15 at 0:09

add a comment |

You could say "leaver", although I've only heard the term in the context of those who abandon school: school-leavers. And it's exactly what the Cambridge dictionary cites.

"Departed" seems good enough for me in this situation too, even though it's usually used for people who have died.

The Free Dictionary even cites a phrase with the term leaver:

A merchant ship which breaks off from a convoy to proceed to a different destination and becomes independent. Also called convoy leaver. See also leaver convoy; leaver section.

Other synonyms mentioned there are: "goer" and "departer".

And "departed" doesn't look like as a synonym from the definitions given there.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/departer

edited May 11 '15 at 20:06

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

1

I confess to have never seen the term leaver before. In the context you provided, all I've known was the term school dropout.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:32

1

I believe school dropout is the american term. The Cambridge dictionary puts UK under "school-leaver". dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/…

– Philippe Fanaro
May 11 '15 at 19:53

1

It's straying a little from the topic of the question, but in the UK "school-leaver" is a common term for anyone who is finishing their school career, with no connotation of dropping out early.

– Nefrubyr
May 12 '15 at 16:27

It is a neutral connotation than? Or could it be used as pejorative term. (Thx for the heads up btw.)

– Philippe Fanaro
May 17 '15 at 0:09

add a comment |

You could say "leaver", although I've only heard the term in the context of those who abandon school: school-leavers. And it's exactly what the Cambridge dictionary cites.

"Departed" seems good enough for me in this situation too, even though it's usually used for people who have died.

The Free Dictionary even cites a phrase with the term leaver:

A merchant ship which breaks off from a convoy to proceed to a different destination and becomes independent. Also called convoy leaver. See also leaver convoy; leaver section.

Other synonyms mentioned there are: "goer" and "departer".

And "departed" doesn't look like as a synonym from the definitions given there.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/departer

edited May 11 '15 at 20:06

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

You could say "leaver", although I've only heard the term in the context of those who abandon school: school-leavers. And it's exactly what the Cambridge dictionary cites.

"Departed" seems good enough for me in this situation too, even though it's usually used for people who have died.

The Free Dictionary even cites a phrase with the term leaver:

A merchant ship which breaks off from a convoy to proceed to a different destination and becomes independent. Also called convoy leaver. See also leaver convoy; leaver section.

Other synonyms mentioned there are: "goer" and "departer".

And "departed" doesn't look like as a synonym from the definitions given there.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/departer

edited May 11 '15 at 20:06

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

edited May 11 '15 at 20:06

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

answered May 11 '15 at 19:13

Philippe Fanaro

263

1

I confess to have never seen the term leaver before. In the context you provided, all I've known was the term school dropout.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:32

1

I believe school dropout is the american term. The Cambridge dictionary puts UK under "school-leaver". dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/…

– Philippe Fanaro
May 11 '15 at 19:53

1

It's straying a little from the topic of the question, but in the UK "school-leaver" is a common term for anyone who is finishing their school career, with no connotation of dropping out early.

– Nefrubyr
May 12 '15 at 16:27

It is a neutral connotation than? Or could it be used as pejorative term. (Thx for the heads up btw.)

– Philippe Fanaro
May 17 '15 at 0:09

add a comment |

1

I confess to have never seen the term leaver before. In the context you provided, all I've known was the term school dropout.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:32

1

I believe school dropout is the american term. The Cambridge dictionary puts UK under "school-leaver". dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/…

– Philippe Fanaro
May 11 '15 at 19:53

1

It's straying a little from the topic of the question, but in the UK "school-leaver" is a common term for anyone who is finishing their school career, with no connotation of dropping out early.

– Nefrubyr
May 12 '15 at 16:27

It is a neutral connotation than? Or could it be used as pejorative term. (Thx for the heads up btw.)

– Philippe Fanaro
May 17 '15 at 0:09

I confess to have never seen the term leaver before. In the context you provided, all I've known was the term school dropout.

– EdMelo
May 11 '15 at 19:32

I believe school dropout is the american term. The Cambridge dictionary puts UK under "school-leaver". dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/…

– Philippe Fanaro
May 11 '15 at 19:53

It's straying a little from the topic of the question, but in the UK "school-leaver" is a common term for anyone who is finishing their school career, with no connotation of dropping out early.

– Nefrubyr
May 12 '15 at 16:27

It is a neutral connotation than? Or could it be used as pejorative term. (Thx for the heads up btw.)

– Philippe Fanaro
May 17 '15 at 0:09

add a comment |

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