valediction

[ val-i-dik-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
2. an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell or taking leave; valedictory.

valediction

/ ˌvælɪˈdɪkʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of saying goodbye
2. any valedictory statement, speech, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of valediction¹

1605–15; < Latin valedictiōn- (stem of valedictiō ), equivalent to valedict ( us ), past participle of valedīcere ( vale farewell + dictus, past participle of dīcere to say) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of valediction¹

C17: from Latin valedīcere, from valē farewell + dīcere to say

Example Sentences

This record and tour are by no means a last valediction to her music career.

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Two posthumous No. 1 albums were a valediction.

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“Boom Times” is both a celebration of a prodigious talent and a valediction for a lost soul.

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In addition to keeping him on as head of NIAID, President Biden made Fauci his chief medical advisor, a valediction to more than a half-century of public service.

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“Born Pink” would be a short, somewhat slight valediction, so let’s hope this is just a turning point.

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