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val⋅e⋅dic⋅tion

  [val-i-dik-shuhn]
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–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.
Origin:
1605–15; < L valedictiōn- (s. of valedictiō), equiv. to valedict(us), ptp. of valedīcere (vale farewell + dictus, ptp. of dīcere to say) + -iōn- -ion
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val·e·dic·tion   (vāl'ĭ-dĭk'shən)   
n.  

  1. An act of bidding farewell; a leave-taking.

  2. A speech or statement made as a farewell.

  3. A word or phrase of farewell used to end a letter or message.


[From Latin valedictus, past participle of valedīcere, to say farewell : valē, farewell; see vale2 + dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

valediction 
1614, from pp. stem of L. valedicere "bid farewell," from vale, imperative of valere "be well" (see valiant) + dicere "to say" (see diction). Valedictorian formed 1759.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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