1. Of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell
   "a suitable valedictory gesture"; "a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his uniformly manly course"
    
2. Of a speech expressing leave-taking
   "a valedictory address"

1. A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
   "The valedictorian's valedictory address moved many in the audience to tears";
   - valediction, valedictory address, valedictory oration

Derived forms: valedictories

See also: exaugural

Type of: oratory

Encyclopedia: Valedictory