FAREWELL

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of departing politely

Example:

parting is such sweet sorrow

Synonyms:

farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("farewell" is a kind of...):

departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "farewell"):

valediction (the act of saying farewell)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

Synonyms:

farewell; word of farewell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("farewell" is a kind of...):

acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "farewell"):

adieu; adios; arrivederci; au revoir; auf wiedersehen; bye; bye-bye; cheerio; good-by; good-bye; good day; goodby; goodbye; sayonara; so long (a farewell remark)

bon voyage; send-off (an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture)

good morning; morning; afternoon; good afternoon (a conventional expression of greeting or farewell)

good night (a conventional expression of farewell)

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Context examples:

I can remember that last night when he bade farewell to my mother.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was August 2nd when we snapped our last link with the outer world by bidding farewell to the Esmeralda.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As Dorothy bade the good-natured Guardian a last farewell she said: I have been very kindly treated in your lovely City, and everyone has been good to me.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Yes, I preferred the elderly and discontented doctor, surrounded by friends and cherishing honest hopes; and bade a resolute farewell to the liberty, the comparative youth, the light step, leaping impulses and secret pleasures, that I had enjoyed in the disguise of Hyde.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

As Beth had hoped, the 'tide went out easily', and in the dark hour before dawn, on the bosom where she had drawn her first breath, she quietly drew her last, with no farewell but one loving look, one little sigh.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She had not long to endure what arose from listening to language which his actions contradicted, or to bury the tumult of her feelings under the restraint of society; for general civilities soon called his notice from her, and the farewell visit, as it then became openly acknowledged, was a very short one.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A few minutes, though as few as possible, were inevitably consumed; and when her own mistress again, when able to turn and look as she had done before, she found herself accosted by Captain Wentworth, in a reserved yet hurried sort of farewell.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

So I said farewell to Mina, a parting which neither of us shall forget to our dying day; and we set out.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Profuse in his farewells, he got down again as the coachman got up.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was as if he were saying farewell.