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UK
/feəwˈɛl/
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[ US /ˌfɛɹˈwɛɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌfɛɹˈwɛɫ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of departing politely
he took his leave
parting is such sweet sorrow
he disliked long farewells - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
How To Use farewell In A Sentence
- Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- And if you ever attempt to go forth again to find out new wonders in the world, I shall clasp you round with my arms, as I do now, and keep you prisoner against your will; and if you say 'Farewell' a hundred times to me, I shall blot out that sad word every time with my lips, and put a better one in its place, until my word conquers yours. A Crystal Age
- Meanwhile, I will be having a final farewell party this Friday with all my buddies, climbing friends, old coworkers, old classmates and random strangers.
- A Muslim group here in Washington, D.C., now revealing what it knows about the investigation, and what it describes as a disturbing farewell video left before they headed off. CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2009
- On Sunday enjoy a farewell breakfast with your new friends, it will give you a chance to exchange names and addresses with your fellow guests.
- He dived triumphantly over and a fabulous farewell party for the Samoan seemed likely. Times, Sunday Times
- I stood it until I became tortured day and night by the prod of reason, then I quietly left the church and bade farewell to the heathen Scapular and the ten thousand other trinkets of blind paganism, and resolved to break the chain of this "_slave of the soul_" and "_tyrant of reason_. Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light
- There were many tearful farewells. Titanic - Destination disaster
- Hemingway's romance with his nurse inspired him to write 'A Farewell to Arms'.