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valedictory
CIDE DICTIONARY
valedictory, a.
Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration. [1913 Webster]
valedictory, n.
A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
valedictory, adj. & n.
--adj. serving as a farewell.
--n. (pl. -ies) a farewell address.
--adj. serving as a farewell.
--n. (pl. -ies) a farewell address.
THESAURUS
valedictory
Godspeed, address, adieu, after-dinner speech, allocution, aloha, chalk talk, conge, debate, declamation, departing, diatribe, doch-an-dorrach, eulogy, exhortation, farewell, filibuster, final, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, good-bye, harangue, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jeremiad, last, leave, leave-taking, leaving, oration, outward-bound, parting, parting words, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, reading, recital, recitation, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, send-off, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, stirrup cup, talk, talkathon, tirade, valediction, valedictorian, valedictory address, viaticumROGET THESAURUS
valedictory
Departure
N departure, decession, decampment, embarkation, outset, start, removal, exit, exodus, hejira, flight, leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup, valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport, departing, valedictory, outward bound, whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move, Int, begone!, farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, au revoir!, fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, auf wiedersehen!, au plaisir de vous revoir!, bon voyage!, gluckliche Reise!, vive valeque!.For further exploring for "valedictory" in Webster Dictionary Online