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valediction

DEFINITIONS OF: valediction

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n a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

Synonyms:
valedictory, valedictory address, valedictory oration
Type of:
oratory
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)

n the act of saying farewell

Type of:
farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting
the act of departing politely
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