Leaver
noun
A person who leaves a place or situation, usually for another.
She was the first leaver in the company's new voluntary redundancy program.

Often appears as...
- school leaver
- early leaver
noun
A student who is leaving school after finishing their studies.
The career center provides advice for school leavers on job opportunities.

Often appears as...
- school leaver
- high school leaver
noun
A person who leaves a place or situation, usually for another.
She was the first leaver in the company's new voluntary redundancy program.

Often appears as...
- school leaver
- early leaver
noun
A student who is leaving school after finishing their studies.
The career center provides advice for school leavers on job opportunities.

Often appears as...
- school leaver
- high school leaver
Definition 1 of 2

Voluntary Exit
Refers to someone who chooses to leave, not forced out.

He was a leaver who decided to travel the world.
Job Movement
Often used during job changes or resignations.

The company threw a party for the leavers.
Neutral Connotation
Doesn't usually suggest good or bad, just the act of leaving.

As a leaver, she had mixed feelings on her last day.
Voluntary Exit
Refers to someone who chooses to leave, not forced out.

He was a leaver who decided to travel the world.
Job Movement
Often used during job changes or resignations.

The company threw a party for the leavers.
Neutral Connotation
Doesn't usually suggest good or bad, just the act of leaving.

As a leaver, she had mixed feelings on her last day.
Voluntary Exit
Refers to someone who chooses to leave, not forced out.

He was a leaver who decided to travel the world.
Job Movement
Often used during job changes or resignations.

The company threw a party for the leavers.
Neutral Connotation
Doesn't usually suggest good or bad, just the act of leaving.

As a leaver, she had mixed feelings on her last day.
Video examples
How to break bad...
I wish they had. I look back now and realize that every time I didn't put a dish in the dishwasher and finish what I started, it became more second nature to me, and I grew less likely to question why I was doing it. Today, I'm a 30-something, certified dirty-dish leaver, and breaking this habit is hard.
Video examples
How to break bad...
I wish they had. I look back now and realize that every time I didn't put a dish in the dishwasher and finish what I started, it became more second nature to me, and I grew less likely to question why I was doing it. Today, I'm a 30-something, certified dirty-dish leaver, and breaking this habit is hard.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Edmund White
American Novelist
The natural enmity between leaver and left is like the absolute, immediate and always shifting hostility between driver and pedestrian.

Quote examples
Edmund White
American Novelist
The natural enmity between leaver and left is like the absolute, immediate and always shifting hostility between driver and pedestrian.

Example 1 of 1
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