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farewell

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1. farewell - Noun

2. farewell - Adjective

3. farewell - Verb

4. farewell - Interjection

Meaning

Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.

A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.

Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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he disliked long farewells Source: Internet

he took his leave Source: Internet

parting is such sweet sorrow Source: Internet

2001 In March 2001, Ahmed al-Nami appeared in an al-Qaeda farewell video showing 13 of the muscle hijackers before they left their training centre in Kandahar ; while he does not speak, he is seen studying maps and flight manuals. Source: Internet

According to the reports, the Member of Parliament-elect for Ofoase Ayirebi bid his staff farewell at a mini-durbar held at the Ministry to mark the end of 2020. Source: Internet

According to the Japanese scholar Itō Haku, however, this farewell poem is a folk drama portraying Hitomaro's own death, and the theory that the poem is a later counterfeit has also been suggested. Source: Internet

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