- the act or an instance of saying goodbye
- any valedictory statement, speech, etc
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val•e•dic•tion
(val′i dik′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.
- an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell or taking leave;
valedictory.
- Latin valedictiōn- (stem of valedictiō), equivalent. to valedict(us), past participle of valedīcere (vale farewell + dictus, past participle of dīcere to say) + -iōn- -ion
- 1605–15
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valediction /ˌvælɪˈdɪkʃən/ n
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