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valediction
DEFINITIONS OF:
valediction
1
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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