Farewell

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  • interjection. Used to express goodbye.
  • noun. An acknowledgment at parting; a goodbye.
  • noun. The act of departing or taking leave.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • ‘Fare well’; may you be or continue in a happy or prosperous condition; in common use, good-by.
  • [It is still often written separately, with a pronoun between, the pronoun being either the subject nominative, as in “fare you well” or “fare ye well,” or a dative of reference, as in “fare thee well.”
  • Synonyms Good-by, etc. See adieu, interj.
  • noun. A good-by; a leave-taking; an adieu.
  • noun. Farewell followed by to governing the object is a noun, used elliptically for “I bid farewell (to …).”
  • noun. Leave; departure; final look, thought, or attention.
  • Parting; valedictory: as, a farewell sermon; farewell appearance of an actor.
  • To bid farewell to; take leave of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • interjection. Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; ; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only
  • noun. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.
  • noun. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
  • adjective. Parting; valedictory; final
  • adjective. the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.
  • noun. An act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
  • adjective. parting, valedictory, final
  • interjection. goodbye
  • verb. To bid farewell or say goodbye
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of departing politely
  • noun. an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
  • Word Usage
    "President Jimmy Carter did it in his farewell address a speech he concluded with the word farewell, which is the proper way to end a farewell address."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    greeting  
    cross-reference
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel  Adele  Bel  Bell  Belle  
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    Godspeed  adieu  adieu  aloha  by