farewell
- goodby; may you fare well: Farewell, and may we meet again in happier times.
- an expression of good wishes at parting: They made their farewells and left.
- leave-taking; departure: a fond farewell.
- a party given to a person who is about to embark on a long journey, retire, leave an organization, etc.
- parting; valedictory; final: a farewell performance.
Origin of farewell
Farewell
- Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
Related Words for farewell
adieu, goodbye, sendoff, valediction, salutation, parting, ciao, cheerio, adios, leave-taking, bye-bye, ta-taExamples from the Web for farewell
Contemporary Examples of farewell
There was something cathartic about deleting this 2,500-word monster of a farewell, and resolving to live.
“If you see their car, you know some poor soul is about to die,” Noor says, at his farewell party.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of PakistanUmar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel
November 12, 2014
A Chinese restaurateur ran to the window as I wolfed down roast duck for my farewell dinner, as shots were heard across the way.
Will voters shower Breaking Bad with farewell trophies, or is the enthusiasm for True Detective impossible to beat?
What's TV's Best Drama? 'True Detective,' 'Game of Thrones,' and Our Emmy PredictionsKevin Fallon
August 22, 2014
Cersei Lannister, meanwhile, was also transformed by a farewell of sorts.
Historical Examples of farewell
I am bound for my quarters, I came but to thank you for your goodness to me, and to bid you farewell.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
I write only to bid you farewell, the spell is removed; I see you as you are.
Lady SusanJane Austen
So farewell, Katy, we're due to burst into high society tonight.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
And, unfortunately, it was not time yet to bid the creature "farewell."
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
Farewell to the dismal, blood-red phantom of martial renown!
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
farewell
- goodbye; adieu
- a parting salutation
- an act of departure; leave-taking
- (modifier) expressing leave-takinga farewell speech
- Australian and NZ to honour (a person) at his departure, retirement, etc