What is an action (in one word) that makes you say "goodbye"?
Is there some verb that represents an action of "saying goodbye" ?
Example:
When you meet someone, you say hello.
When you ____ (with) someone, you say goodbye.
When a pair does this it is called "break up".
Solution 1:
The verb you are looking for is part
to go apart from or leave one another, as persons
[Dictionary.com, sense 23.]
In your case,
When you part with someone, you say goodbye.
Solution 2:
The verb leave could also work:
3
- a : to go away from : depart (leave the room)
- b : desert, abandon (left his wife)
- c : to terminate association with : withdraw from (left school before graduation)
When you leave someone, you say goodbye.