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valediction
[ val-i-dik-shuhn ]
noun
- an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell or taking leave; valedictory.
valediction
/ ˌæɪˈɪʃə /
noun
- the act or an instance of saying goodbye
- any valedictory statement, speech, etc
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of valediction1
1605–15; < Latin 徱پō- (stem of 徱پō ), equivalent to valedict ( us ), past participle of ī ( vale farewell + dictus, past participle of ī to say) + -ō- -ion
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of valediction1
C17: from Latin ī, from ŧ farewell + ī to say
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The standard bearers of SoCal’s punk scene for more than five decades promised they’d hang it up with “Smoke & Fiction,” a compelling valediction of an LP released this year.
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This record and tour are by no means a last valediction to her music career.
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Two posthumous No. 1 albums were a valediction.
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“Boom Times” is both a celebration of a prodigious talent and a valediction for a lost soul.
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“Born Pink” would be a short, somewhat slight valediction, so let’s hope this is just a turning point.
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