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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


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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of valediction1

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

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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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