farewell

IPA: fɛrwˈɛɫ

noun

  • A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
  • A departure; the act of leaving.

verb

  • To bid farewell or say goodbye.

adjective

  • Parting, valedictory, final.
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Examples of "farewell" in Sentences

  • Their relationship culminates with a very revealing poem that aptly begins with the word farewell.
  • 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.
  • It was on the 28th of September, 1880, that several of my friends and relatives had gathered in the parlor to have what they called a farewell chat with me while I was yet their girl companion.
  • Mladic attorney Milos Saljic visited him in his jail cell in the early afternoon and said the former general was crying and very emotional during what he called a farewell visit by his wife and sister.
  • He has been publicly girding for his incarceration with a series of goodbyes, including what he called a farewell tour in recent months and a recent Rolling Stone cover story in which he said he considered jail "an experience that I need to have if God's putting me through it."

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