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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