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farewell
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of FAREWELL
1
an expression of good wishes at parting <the exchange student and her host family said their tearful farewells, promising to keep in touch>
Related Words leave-taking, send-off
Antonyms hello
2
the act of leaving a place <before making his final farewell, the company president personally spoke to as many employees as he could>
Synonyms decamping, decampment, departing, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave, leave-taking, lighting out, outgo, parting, quitting, walking out
Related Words flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal; diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus; embarkation, embarkment; disembarkation, egress; abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment
3
the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions <our farewell was rushed, and we didn't say all that we wanted to before heading off to colleges at opposite ends of the country>
Related Words departure, egress, exit, exiting, exodus, going, leaving, quitting, running away; decamping, decampment, flight, withdrawal; abandonment, desertion, forsaking
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