farewell
farewell is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.
- 2.Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something. And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak. Before I take my farewell of the subject. Addison.
- 3.Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell. Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- abjure
- abrogation
- adieu
- all
- allow
- argument
- avast
- back
- bereavement
- bereft
- bid
- break
- cave
- cease
- cessation
- cession
- cut
- damage
- day
- defection
- depart
- deperdition
- deprivation
- desert
- desertion
- desist
- desuetude
- discard
- discontinuance
- dispossession
- disuse
- done
- drop
- exempt
- experience
- forego
- forfeit
- forfeiture
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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