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farewell

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As a noun, farewell means a wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure. As an adjective, it means parting, valedictory, final.

Meanings of farewell

7 meanings

noun

  1. A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure

  2. A departure; the act of leaving

  3. An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

    Similar: word of farewell

  4. The act of departing politely

    “he disliked long farewells”

    “he took his leave”

    “parting is such sweet sorrow”

    Similar: leave, leave-taking, parting

adjective

  1. Parting, valedictory, final.

    “a farewell discourse;  the band's farewell tour”

interjection

  1. Goodbye.

    “He said "Farewell!" and left.”

verb

  1. To bid farewell or say goodbye.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
word of farewell
noun: the act of departing politely
leaveleave-takingparting

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