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Meanings
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parting gift; souvenir left behind; aftereffect
Literally 'a souvenir left behind'. Can refer to a physical gift left for someone, or figuratively to a lasting effect or memory left by a person or event. The figurative use is less common.
Before leaving on his journey, he left a parting gift for his family.
The politician's corruption scandal became a lasting aftereffect in the political world.