Word of the Day-valediction

valediction \val-uh-DIK-shuhn\, noun:

the action of bidding farewell; a farewell

The playing of taps was a special moment in the ceremony, a final, haunting valediction for the men who had made the supreme sacrifice.
-- John Glenn, John Glenn: A Memoir

Few careers have such self-appointed endings, and his speech was a fine valediction.
-- Howard's dignified end,
Daily Telegraph, 37170

At the end, they sobbed farewell to an old friend who gives a beautiful valediction.
-- Richard Corliss, Martial Masterpiece,
Time Asia, 35255

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