VALEDICTION

valediction. Valediction, n. a bidding farewel, farewel, leave

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Val′e‐dic″tion (?), n. [[L., valedicere, valedictum, to say farewell; vale farewell (imperative of valere to be strong or well) + dicere to say. See Valiant, Diction.]] A farewell; a bidding farewell. Donne.