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What is the noun for leave?

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leave
  1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
  2. (dated or law) Permission.
  3. (dated) Farewell, departure.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Please do not bother me with work-related queries while I am on leave.”
      “Our former manager's leave from the company was decidedly acrimonious.”
      “Why must it be necessary to seek leave to do as I please?”
leave
  1. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
  2. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Please do not bother me with work-related queries while I am on leave.”
      “Our former manager's leave from the company was decidedly acrimonious.”
      “Why must it be necessary to seek leave to do as I please?”
leavee
  1. The person in a relationship who is left by the other.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The leavee is the one who may not have been quite ready to give up on the relationship and so may feel still committed in some way to the marriage.”
leaviness
  1. Obsolete form of leafiness.
leaver
  1. One who leaves.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But there is more pressure for the school leaver to have a competitive edge in the job market.”
      “Gapping for the school leaver, or for the newly minted graduate, is what the grand tour was for young Lord Muck in the 18th century.”
      “But she is, leaver, the most accomplished of her guild, and my right-hand man.”
leavees
  1. plural of leavee
leavers
  1. plural of leaver
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Bali has its own international brand of Toolies who arrive seeking romantic encounters with the often-vulnerable school leavers.”
      “The more successful school leavers move out of the pueblo joven, leaving behind those who have failed to find good employment.”
      “He preys on people who are easily influenced, such as school leavers who want to be in a girl band.”
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