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The most powerful word in any room you've outgrown, said exactly once.
means To go away from a place or person, or to let something remain behind when you depart.
from From Old English 'læfan,' meaning to let remain or bequeath — its oldest sense was not 'to depart' but 'to leave behind.' It traces to a Germanic root tied to ideas of remaining and staying put (a cousin of words like 'life' and the same root behind 'eleven,' which literally means 'one left over' after ten). The thread running through all of it: something stays while something else moves on.
two meaningsTo exit, and permission to do so
botanical twinLeaves, where trees breathe and quit
french originRooted in 'leiban,' to remain behind
hardest partKnowing it's a choice, not failure
irish goodbyeLeaving without telling a soul