WORD OF FAREWELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word of farewell mean? 

• WORD OF FAREWELL (noun)
  The noun WORD OF FAREWELL has 1 sense:

1. an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

  Familiarity information: WORD OF FAREWELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORD OF FAREWELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

farewell; word of farewell

Hypernyms ("word of farewell" is a kind of...):

acknowledgement; acknowledgment (a statement acknowledging something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "word of farewell"):

adieu; adios; arrivederci; au revoir; auf wiedersehen; bye; bye-bye; cheerio; good-by; good-bye; good day; goodby; goodbye; sayonara; so long (a farewell remark)

bon voyage; send-off (an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture)

good morning; morning; afternoon; good afternoon (a conventional expression of greeting or farewell)

good night (a conventional expression of farewell)