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Valediction

A farewell; a bidding farewell.

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Farewell 76% connected

Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Leave-taking 76% connected

Taking of leave; parting compliments.

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Oratory 76% connected

A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

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Parting 76% connected

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Valedictory 92% connected

Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Speech act noun · 78% connection

the use of language to perform some act

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Address noun · 77% connection

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

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Affirmation noun · 77% connection

the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

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Agreement noun · 77% connection

the verbal act of agreeing

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Analogy noun · 77% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Asking noun · 77% connection

the verbal act of requesting

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Assertion noun · 77% connection

the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

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Boast noun · 77% connection

speaking of yourself in superlatives

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Boasting noun · 77% connection

speaking of yourself in superlatives

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Challenge noun · 77% connection

a call to engage in a contest or fight

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Citation noun · 77% connection

(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

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Command noun · 77% connection

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

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Congratulation noun · 77% connection

the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration

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Corollary noun · 77% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Deduction noun · 77% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Adieu interj. & adv. · 78% connection

Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

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Baccalaureate noun · 78% connection

a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies

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Bid verb · 78% connection

To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewe…

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Bidding noun · 78% connection

a request to be present; "they came at his bidding"

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Conge noun · 78% connection

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

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Defiatory adjective · 78% connection

Bidding or manifesting defiance.

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Good-bye n. / interj. · 78% connection

Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep.

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Offer verb · 78% connection

The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.

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Outbid verb · 78% connection

To exceed or surpass in bidding.

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Polyptoton noun · 78% connection

A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's hear…

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Priestly adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewe…

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Summons noun · 78% connection

a request to be present; "they came at his bidding"

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