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Farewell

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valedictorynounAn address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
leaveverb(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
partingnounA farewell, the act of departing politely.
leave-takingnounThe process of saying goodbye.
word of farewellnounan acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

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WordDefinition
leave-takingnounThe process of saying goodbye.
valedictorynounAn address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.
leavenounPermission to be absent; time away from one's work.
partingnounA farewell, the act of departing politely.
exauguraloccurring at or marking the close of a term of office
word of farewellnounan acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
goodbyenounAn utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.
adieunounA farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
bye-byenoun(colloquial, often childish) A goodbye.
good-byenounAlternative form of goodbye. [An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.]
departingnounThe act by which somebody or something departs.
departurenounThe act of departing or something that has departed.
mournnoun(now literary) Sorrow, grief.
godspeednoun(uncountable) The wishing of someone a smooth journey, or success, especially at a parting; (countable) a statement expressing this.
friendlynounA person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict.
goodnightnounAn instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell.
badenounA West Chadic language spoken in Nigeria.
kissnounA touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
funeralnounA ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
showernounA brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.

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