| valediction | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, valedictory oration | a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class). |
| ~ oratory | addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous).; "he loved the sound of his own oratory" |
| n. (act) | 2. valediction | the act of saying farewell. |
| ~ leave-taking, parting, farewell, leave | the act of departing politely.; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" |
| farewell | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. farewell, word of farewell | an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting. |
| ~ acknowledgement, acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone.; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| ~ adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long, bye | a farewell remark.; "they said their good-byes" |
| ~ bon voyage, send-off | an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture. |
| ~ good morning, morning | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell. |
| ~ good afternoon, afternoon | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell. |
| ~ good night | a conventional expression of farewell. |
| n. (act) | 2. farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting | the act of departing politely.; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" |
| ~ departure, going, going away, leaving | the act of departing. |
| ~ valediction | the act of saying farewell. |
| goodbye | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good day, good-by, good-bye, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long | a farewell remark.; "they said their good-byes" |
| ~ farewell, word of farewell | an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting. |
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