VALEDICTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valediction mean? 

• VALEDICTION (noun)
  The noun VALEDICTION has 2 senses:

1. a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

2. the act of saying farewell

  Familiarity information: VALEDICTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALEDICTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

valediction; valedictory; valedictory address; valedictory oration

Hypernyms ("valediction" is a kind of...):

oratory (addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of saying farewell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("valediction" is a kind of...):

farewell; leave; leave-taking; parting (the act of departing politely)