Adieu

Definitions

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

Equivalents

Examples

“We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.”

“As Noyes bade me adieu and rode off northward in his car I began to walk⟳ slowly toward the house.”

“Yes, the tide will surely turn⟳, and meanwhile may one who is proud to call⟳ himself a partisan, invite⟳ whomever may feel⟳ disposed to bid the "T14s" adieux, to pause before giving them valediction and accord to them the respect⟳ that is assuredly their due.”

“At the of his so remote, so near, 1884 summer Van, before leaving Ardis, was to make⟳ a visit⟳ of adieu to Ada's larvarium.”

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