farewell address

American  

noun

1. (initial capital letters) a statement that President George Washington published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1796 to announce that he would not run for a third term and to give his views on foreign and domestic policy.

2. a speech delivered by someone upon leaving a job, post, etc.

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Example Sentences

Angelica and Eliza encouraged Hamilton and helped him refine his ideas, including his defense of the Constitution and his crafting of George Washington’s farewell address.

From The Wall Street Journal

In doing so, he helped lay the groundwork for what President Dwight D. Eisenhower would, in his farewell address to Congress in 1961, warn against as “the disastrous rise of misplaced power.”

From Salon

In his farewell address from aboard the ISS on Sunday, the Indian astronaut said India's journey in space exploration may be tough, but it has begun.

From BBC

Brown's retirement was announced on the Leicester club website,, external and he made a pointed plea to those who run the game in a farewell address.

From BBC

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences from his Farewell Address.

From Slate