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valediction
[ val-i-dik-shuhn ]
noun
- an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell or taking leave; valedictory.
valediction
/ ˌvælɪˈdɪkʃən /
noun
- the act or an instance of saying goodbye
- any valedictory statement, speech, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of valediction1
Word History and Origins
Origin of valediction1
Example Sentences
If Shinseki had given the same speech three weeks ago, it might have been a campaign plan instead of a valediction.
Three weeks ago, it might have been a campaign plan—instead of a valediction.
In the weeks ahead that warning may well become the most common valediction in eastern Ukraine.
"I never remember sich a evenin', my dear," was Mrs. Stitchley's valediction.
Shall we pronounce the sad valediction to freedom, and immolate liberty on the altars our fathers have raised to her?
I gave him the usual Spanish valediction, Vaya usted con Dios, and saw no more of him.
Shakespeare put his valediction into the mouth of Prospero; Sophocles entrusted his to his greatest creation Oedipus.
It poured itself into one mournful, savage, sacred cry of salutation and valediction.
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