1. An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
   "The host offered words of farewell as the guests departed";
   - word of farewell
    
2. The act of departing politely
   "he disliked long farewells";
   - leave, leave-taking, parting
    
3. A farewell remark
   "She bid her friends farewell before departing for her long journey";
   - adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio [Brit, informal], good-by [US], goodby [US], good-bye [N. Amer], goodbye, good day, sayonara [US], so long [informal]

1. An informal farewell remark
   - cheers [Brit, informal], chin-chin [Brit, informal], toodle-oo [informal], toodle-pip [Brit, informal], ta-ta [Brit, informal], ta-ra [UK, informal], bye [informal], goodbye, bye-bye [informal], good-bye [N. Amer], good-by [US], sayonara [US, informal], so long [informal], vale [archaic]

1. Hold a party etc. to mark a departure or retirement
   "The team was farewelled with a street parade"

Derived forms: farewelling, farewells, farewelled

Type of: acknowledgement, acknowledgment, departure, going, going away, leaving

Encyclopedia: Farewell, My Love